At
its Berlin hub, airberlin is continuing the expansion of its Eastern
European range and is adding flights to Bucharest and Sofia to the
flight schedule from 28th January 2013.
Once
a day airberlin starts to the Romanian and Bulgarian capital.
“One
of our stated goals for 2013 is to further strengthen airberlin as a
network carrier. Adaptation of our network strategy is an important
part of this. With the new flights
from Berlin
to Bucharest and Sofia, we are offering our flight guests from Berlin
a total of nine destinations in
Central and Eastern Europe. Travellers from Bucharest and Sofia have
access to our international route network via Berlin,” said
Wolfgang Prock-Schauer, Chief Strategy and Network Planning Officer
airberlin.
Prof.
Dr. Rainer Schwarz, board spokesman for Berlin Brandenburg Airport
GmbH, added: "The new flights to Sofia and Bucharest are an
important addition to the Eastern European offering, especially for
business travellers. Travellers from Bulgaria and Romania can
transfer in Berlin and continue on airberlin flights all over the
world.”
In
addition to Bucharest and Sofia, airberlin’s
non-stop destinations from Berlin to Central and Eastern
Europe include the cities of Gdansk, Krakow, Kaliningrad, Moscow, St.
Petersburg and Budapest. Warsaw will also be included from 23rd
March. Feeder flights are available from many cities in Germany,
Austria and Switzerland, as well as from European and
worldwide destinations in the airberlin route network.
airberlin
is one of Europe’s leading airlines and flies to
170 destinations in 40 countries. As the second largest
airline in Germany, the company has a workforce of 9,300 employees.
The airline with the award-winning service carried more than 35
million passengers in 2011. airberlin offers a global route network
through its strategic partnership with Etihad Airways and membership
in the oneworld® airline alliance. airberlin operates codeshare
flights worldwide with 14 airlines. The fleet of 158 aircraft has an
average age of five years and is among the most modern and
eco-efficient in Europe.