Berlin Airport News November 2016

Air Canada rouge connects the capital region directly with the Canadian metropolis of Toronto. The new long-haul route will be offered from 1 June to 8 October 2017. Flights will depart Berlin-Tegel for Canada’s largest city four times a week every Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. From Toronto, other attractive destinations in Canada and the USA can be reached.

Toronto is the capital of the Province of Ontario, the financial and economic centre of the country and is one of the world’s leading financial centres. About 2.6 million people live in the multicultural and fast growing city on the northwest shore of Lake Ontario. The city really comes alive and flourishes thanks to its many parks, festivals, cultural events and diverse arts scene.

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Berlin’s largest airline airberlin is doubling the number of flights to Prague and will fly four times a day to the Czech capital from the end of March 2017. All of airberlin’s long-haul flights from Tegel will be connected with the flights to and from Prague, starting in summer 2017: Abu Dhabi, New York, Chicago, Miami, San Francisco and Los Angeles. In addition, connections to Stuttgart, Dusseldorf, Vienna, Zurich, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Warsaw, Rome and Milan via airberlin’s hub at Berlin-Tegel, will be improved with extra flights.

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From 26 May to 4 September 2017, US airline Delta Air Lines will fly direct from Berlin to New York everyday. The route will be served by a Boeing 767-300 with 225 seats. Delta-Terminal 4 at New York-JFK offers connecting flights to more than 60 destinations in North America, Latin America and the Caribbean.

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Want to immerse yourself in a novel or detective story during your flight? Then head to Pocket Shop at Schönefeld Airport. Alongside current bestsellers and world literature, the newly opened bookshop in Terminal A offers works by unknown authors who are really worth discovering. Pocket Shop supplies the reading needs of bookworms from 4 a.m. to 10 p.m. seven days a week. The conspicuous purple bookshop is located on the first floor of Terminal A, behind the security gates.

The European-wide timetable change on 11 December 2016 also ushers in the new bus and train timetable for Berlin-Brandenburg’s public transport system (VBB). All current arrival and departure information for both of Berlin’s airports can be found here:

• Berlin-Schönefeld Airport

• Berlin-Tegel Airport

You can put together your own, individual timetable for all public transport options in Berlin and Brandenburg at www.vbb.de

If you’re looking for that festive feeling in the Christmas period, then head over to one of the many Christmas markets in Berlin and Brandenburg, which are once again opening their gates to visitors. There are around 60 Christmas markets in Berlin, all of which are just perfect for taking a stroll and passing the time. A guide to Berlin’s Christmas markets can be found at visitBerlin.

In addition, many of Brandenburg’s towns and villages host romantic markets full of Christmas cheer. Discover the huge collection of arts and crafts and culinary delights with a glass of mulled wine. The website reiseland-brandenburg.de allows you to filter markets according to region to find just the right Christmas market for you.