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Continental Airlines, the world’s fifth largest airline, has been connecting Berlin’s Tegel Airport and New York/Newark with a daily direct flight for exactly five years now.

To mark the occasion, the crew and all passengers on board Flight CO96 received a small gift at the gate when they arrived in Berlin this morning. Before the Boeing 757-200 aircraft took off again for the Big Apple, the new crew were congratulated with a birthday cake.

“Five years of nonstop flights from Berlin to our New York hub, Newark Liberty International Airport, prove just how right we were to choose Berlin. This service has emerged as a long-term success and it has developed very satisfactorily. The passengers love the fast, direct service to New York and our great range of connecting flights to over 200 destinations throughout the United States,” said Luc Geerts, Senior Country Director Germany & Belgium at Continental Airlines.

“The fifth anniversary of Continental Airline’s long-haul flight from Berlin to New York is a very credible success and it reconfirms us along our path to BBI. Berlin is an attractive and pulsating market – both for international aviation and for tourism. For the area around the German capital and the regional economy the daily service to New York is an important locational advantage. It strengthens the cooperation between businesses in Berlin and New York and opens up options for new trade partnerships,” said Prof. Dr. Rainer Schwarz, Chief Executive Officer of Berlin Airports.
On 1 July 2005, Continental Airlines expanded its service network to include Berlin as a destination. After Frankfurt and Hamburg, the city was the third German destination with a direct daily Continental service to and from New York. A new nonstop service between Munich and New York launched on 28 March of this year, and Continental also flies daily from Frankfurt to Houston.

Continental Airlines’ booking number in Germany is 01803-21 26 10.

AeroSvit Ukrainian Airlines launches new service / Daily service from Tegel Airport to Dnipropetrovsk / Flights available for booking now

The Ukrainian airline AeroSvit is launching a new daily service to Dnipropetrovsk on 1 July 2010. With a population of around 1 million, Dnipropetrovsk is the third largest city in Ukraine. The university city, which is also one of the country’s industrial centres, is located to the south-east of the capital, Kiev.

The flights to Dnipropetrovsk depart Monday to Thursday at 11.00 hrs, and Friday to Sunday at 13.35 hrs from Tegel Airport. The flight time is 2 hours and 40 minutes. The airline offers return flights from Dnipropetrovsk on Monday to Thursday at 07.15 hrs, and Friday to Sunday at 09.55 hrs. The service will be operated with Embraer 145 aircraft.

AeroSvit Ukrainian Airlines was founded on 25 March 1992 as a joint venture between the Ukrainian government and private investors. The airline is based at Kiev Airport and flies to over 50 destinations in 28 countries.

AeroSvit flights to Dnipropetrovsk can be booked online at www.aerosvit.com, by phone on 0800 509 800 or through any travel agent.

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Ryanair has been operating flights from Schoenefeld for seven years / Almost four million passengers / New routes in the 2010 summer flight schedule / Up to two domestic flights a day to Bremen / Four weekly flights from Schoenefeld to Kaunas / Three weekly flights to Malaga

Ryanair and Berlin Airports are today celebrating an anniversary. For seven years now, the Irish airline has been operating flights to and from Schoenefeld. During this time, more than 3.7 million passengers have already taken advantage of the service.

And Ryanair is expanding its flight offerings at Berlin Airports. As of today, the airline is operating up to two daily domestic flights from Schoenefeld to Bremen, departing from Berlin-Schoenefeld Monday to Friday at 8.25 a.m. and 7.05 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday at 1.20 p.m. and landing in Bremen an hour later. The airline is offering return flights from Bremen Monday to Friday at 7 a.m. and 5.40 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday at 11.55 a.m.

Ryanair already added the flight to the Baltic city of Kaunas last week. Flights depart from Schoenefeld Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 7.50 a.m. and Sundays at 8 a.m., landing two-and-a-half hours later in Lithuania’s second-largest city. Return flights depart from Kaunus Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 6.30 a.m. and Sundays at 6.40 a.m.

Starting on 25 June 2010, Ryanair is also offering three weekly flights to Malaga. Flights will depart from Schoenefeld Mondays, Fridays and Sundays at 11.05 a.m., and from Malaga Mondays, Fridays and Sundays at 6.55 a.m.

The airline is thus offering a total of 218 flights to 12 destinations per week from Schoenefeld Airport. Flights can be booked online at www.ryanair.com.

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Air Berlin expands its flight offerings / The German capital enjoys even better worldwide connections / Berlin is established as a hub

Starting from the winter flight schedule, Air Berlin will be offering three new long-haul flights from Berlin-Tegel Airport directly to Dubai, Miami and Mombasa. An extra weekly flight to Phuket will also be added to the schedule. An additional Airbus A330-200 will be stationed in Berlin to operate these new flights.

In future, there will be three flights a week to Dubai (from €199 one way, incl. taxes and charges), two flights a week to Miami (from €239 one way, incl. taxes and charges) and one flight a week to Mombasa (from €376 one way, incl. taxes and charges). The three new long-haul destinations have already been integrated in Air Berlin’s hub structure and can be booked as of today. Connecting flights are available to and from Germany, Russia and Scandinavia as well as Zurich and Vienna.

Including the new destinations, Air Berlin offers 18 weekly intercontinental flights from Berlin:

Dubai (DXB): 3 weekly flights
Miami (MIA): 2 weekly flights
Mombasa (MBA): 1 weekly flight
Bangkok (BKK): 3 weekly flights
Phuket (HKT): 2 weekly flights
Tel Aviv (TLV): 3 weekly flights
Cairo (CAI): 2 weekly flights
Punta Cana (PUJ): 1 weekly flight
Varadero (VRA): 1 weekly flight

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