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Starting Monday, 6th February 2012, airberlin will fly once daily to the Hungarian capital. The aircraft will take-off from Berlin at 12:45 and land in Budapest at 14:20. The return flight departs at 15:00 and arrives in Berlin at 16:35.
With this new offer, airberlin is reacting to codesharing partner Malev’s exit from the market. The Hungarian airline announced on Friday that it was ending its flight operations. Stranded Malev passengers have the opportunity to transfer their tickets to airberlin by the coming Wednesday.
With the new offer, airberlin is integrating the Berlin-Budapest connection into the hub structure at Berlin, which allows for numerous connection possibilities throughout Germany and Europe with Germany’s second largest airline.
airberlin is Germany’s second largest airline. The company has a workforce of 9,200 employees. In 2010 alone, airberlin received over 10 awards for service and quality. The fleet comprises 170 aircraft with an average age of five years, making it one of the most modern fleets in Europe. The airline’s state-of-the-art jets are highly fuel efficient, which contributes toward a long-term reduction in pollution emissions from aircraft. As one of the major European airlines, airberlin flies to 162 destinations in 40 countries. In 2011, the airline carried more than 35 million passengers. On 20th March 2012, airberlin will become a member of the global airline alliance oneworld. airberlin operates codeshare flights with the oneworld members American Airlines, British Airways, Finnair, Iberia, Royal Jordanian and S7. In December 2011, airberlin entered into a strategic partnership with Etihad Airways.
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