Airport BER: Politicians are calling for more international flights for Berlin!
Airport BER: Politicians are calling for more international flights for Berlin!
Schönefeld, Deutschland - The Berlin-Brandenburg (BER) Airport is the focus of a heated debate about the urgently needed intercontinental flights. According to the information from Tagesschau Conference in Berlin pronounced for an expansion of long -haul flights. The ruling mayor of Berlin, Kai Wegner, calls on the federal government to approved more flight connections from Berlin, since only six intercontinental flights are currently offered by East German airports. For comparison: there are more than 200 flights in Munich and Frankfurt. The airline Emirates, which has been fighting for a permit for connections to BER for years, receives special attention, while the government expresses concerns that this competition could harm Lufthansa.
Franziska Giffey, who, as the economic senator of Berlin, is still fighting for an expansion of long -haul flights, underlines the urgency of an engagement for East Germany. As Maz are currently active on BER Intercontinental flights to five destinations offer, with New York the most common connection. From November, the Norwegian low -cost airline Norse will no longer offer flights from BER to American goals, which will lead to a further decline in the available long -distance connections.
new long -distance connections planned
However, there is a good news for travelers who are looking for connections to the Arab world: From autumn 2023, new flight offers will be launched to Dubai, which are carried out by Eurowings and Condor. Despite this positive development, Giffey is not tired of pointing out the serious differences in the flight offers between East and West Germany. With only six long -haul flights per day from East Germany, the current situation demonstrates a clear grievance after more than 30 years of reunification and increases the pressure on the federal government to act as quickly as possible.| Details | |
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