3 New Routes for Air Berlin

Air Berlin has announced three new routes for the winter schedule.

From Berlin Tegel, the carrier will serve Mombasa (Weekly), Miami (twice a week) and Dubai (three-times weekly).

Air Berlin will base a new Airbus A330-200 at Tegel Airport to operate the extra routes.

Prof. Rainer Schwarz, Managing Board Spokesman for Berliner Flughäfen (Berlin Airports), said: "With these three new long-haul destinations we have come another step closer to our aim of establishing Berlin as an east-west hub. The fact that Air Berlin is already increasing the range of its flight services even before BBI has opened shows just how attractive the Berlin region is for aviation. Once BBI opens next year, we will have not only the requisite infrastructure, but are also gradually developing the general transport capacity."

According to the airline's website, Air Berlin now offers 18 weekly intercontinental flights from Berlin (including the new routes):

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