Rossiya adds new Berlin service
St Petersburg based, Rossiya Airlines has revealed that it will begin new scheduled operations to Berlin's Schonefeld Airport. From November 5th, the airline will begin a once-weekly service from Moscow Shermetyevo to be operated with A320 equipment. Rossiya currently operates Schonefeld on a thrice-weekly basis from St Petersburg. Rossiya will compete Aeroflot which operates a thrice-daily service from Shermetyevo to Schonefeld with Miat Mongolian operating a twice weekly to Tegel.
From Moscow Domodedovo, there is no service to Schonefeld, however Air Berlin operates thirteen weekly flights to Tegel, with Lufthansa offering a thrice-weekly and Transaero four-weekly into Tegel.