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The fifth largest European carrier airberlin increases its presence in the U.S. market with the launch of a new route from Miami to Berlin and the start of codeshare flights with oneworld member American Airlines as of November 2010.
The new nonstop service will connect Miami with the German capital of Berlin starting November 1, 2010 until April 28, 2011. The flights to and from Berlin will operate on Mondays and Thursdays utilizing an Airbus A330-200 with 276 seats in economy class and 24 in business class featuring airberlin’s award-winning service.
"The United States of America is an increasingly important market for airberlin. We are therefore glad to expand our route network from Florida by adding nonstop service to Berlin," said Joachim Hunold, CEO airberlin, on Monday, September 20, during a press conference in Miami. "airberlin’s new route will also provide numerous opportunities for connections to dozens of destinations in Germany and Europe”, he added. Thus, via its hub in Berlin, airberlin passengers may take advantage of convenient connections to premier cities such as Zurich, Vienna, Stockholm, Gothenburg and Oslo, not to mention the seven intra-Germany cities including Cologne/Bonn, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Karlsruhe/Baden Baden, Munich, Nuremberg and Stuttgart.
airberlin’s partnership with American Airlines that comes into effect in November 2010 will help provide a foundation for further growth of the airberlin network. It will allow airberlin to offer codeshare flights to 15 additional U.S. destinations, plus two in the Bahamas. “This alliance will be a win-win for both carriers,” said Peter Vittori, Managing Director, Florida, Mexico, Caribbean and Latin America for American Airlines. “It will significantly increase our U.S. passengers’ access to Germany and beyond and extend the reach for airberlin customers in the Americas, as well.”
Members of each airlines’ frequent flyer program will benefit from the new codeshare agreement. airberlin’s topbonus members will be able to earn miles on airberlin codeshare flights operated by American Airlines and American Airline’s AAdvantage members will be able to earn miles on American codeshare flights operated by airberlin.
For the summer season, airberlin will further enhance its services from Miami International Airport to Berlin by offering a third weekly connection. Flights will commence on May 3, 2011, when the airline’s modern jets will be flying to Berlin each Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. In summer 2011 the number of connections to Scandinavia via Berlin-Tegel will increase slightly with flights to a total of four destinations (Helsinki, Oslo, Stockholm, Gothenburg) adding to the intra-Germany connections and the Swiss and Austrian capitals Zurich and Vienna.
In addition to the new Miami-Berlin service, airberlin will continue to offer nonstop service to its German gateway Dusseldorf three times weekly during its winter operation thereby contributing to enhance the connectivity of Miami to the airberlin network that encompasses more than 160 cities in 40 countries worldwide.
airberlin currently offers nonstop flights from its six North American gateways New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Fort Myers, Miami and Vancouver to Germany. The most recent addition this year to airberlin’s U.S. network is twice weekly nonstop service from San Francisco to Dusseldorf that was launched in May this year. The San Francisco route will, after a temporary suspension in winter, once again, be offered as of summer 2011.
In March 2011, airberlin will resume its weekly operation from JFK with nonstop service to Dusseldorf, increasing to daily service as of May 3. airberlin will also once again offer nonstop service from the following gateways to Dusseldorf: Los Angeles with three times weekly service, from San Francisco with twice weekly service, from Fort Myers with three times weekly service and from Vancouver, Canada, with twice weekly service. The summer flight schedule 2011 for airberlin’s North American destinations will be open for bookings gradually from September 22, 2010, on. Tickets for all airberlin flights can be purchased online through the airberlin website at airberlin.com, in the Service Center at 866-266-5588 (toll-free) or through travel agents.
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