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Brandenburg Gate (Photo: Pixabay).

Berlin: 650.000 euros donated in the form of returnable bottles

At many German airports, including BER, passengers can throw their empty bottles and cans into collection containers. The proceeds from the return go to social causes. In the German capital, an impressive 2017 euros have been collected since May 650.000. The so-called disposable deposit in Germany is 25 cents per container. Passengers often have

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Germany: Tui and FTI get more Smartlynx machines

The Smartlynx Group has been able to land further full charter orders in Germany. The company will fly for the tour operators FTI and Tui Germany. According to a report in the industry journal FVW, the latter will fly from Saarbrücken and Nuremberg with Airbus A320s. FTI will fly to Dubai and Hurghada with Boeing 737 Max

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With Sundair: Schauinsland launches four new winter charter routes

The German tour operator Schauinsland-Reisen is launching charter flights from Bremen, Berlin and Düsseldorf and Madeira in the 2022/23 winter flight schedule. In addition, there are new flights from the Hanseatic city to Lanzarote. The charter flights are operated by Sundair and its sister company FlyAir41. According to the current planning status, all routes are to operate once a week for the time being.

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Almost two million passengers in April at BER

The number of passengers at Berlin Brandenburg Willy Brandt Airport increased significantly in Berlin and Brandenburg last month. A total of 1,8 million people used Terminals 1 and 2 of BER in April. That was 500.000 more passengers than in March 2022 and 1,5 million more than in the pandemic month

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Comment: BER - is there a risk of chaos like last year?

Long waiting times, missed flights, complaining passengers - where is the learning effect at the capital's airport? It's Thursday evening, a completely normal May evening, it's not the holidays in Berlin, nothing special, when my phone lights up. "You won't believe it, I've been standing at the security checkpoint for ages and they're still closing checkpoints here."

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Loss: BER has to go red again

The German capital airport BER is also closing 2021 with a loss: a loss of 530,8 million euros not covered by equity was reported on the balance sheet date. However, the operator is expecting an operating profit for 2022. Total sales are expected to rise to almost 2022 million euros in 550, after around 272 million

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Azerbaijan Airlines returns to Berlin and Milan-Malpensa

The airline Azerbaijan Airlines is slowly expanding its presence in Germany and Italy again. At the end of May 2022, the carrier will reactivate the connections between Berlin and Milan-Malpensa and Baku. The German capital will be served on Tuesdays and Sundays from May 29, 2022. The aircraft type will be medium-haul jets from

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Court: Etihad does not have to pay damages for Air Berlin bankruptcy

The multi-million dollar damages claim that Air Berlin insolvency administrator Lucas Flöther had brought against major shareholder Etihad Airways is now finally off the table. The London Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Gulf carrier. The insolvency administrator does not want to pursue the case any further. A few months before the Air Berlin Group went bankrupt, Etihad Airways issued a multi-million dollar letter of comfort. In this

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