airberlin and Flybe expand network with new
codeshare agreement.
Alongside existing airberlin codeshare
routes to the UK, airberlin will now strengthen its market
position in Great Britain by the new codeshare cooperation with
Flybe.
The agreement includes 316 weekly flights, 15 new routes
and five additional destinations across the UK and is airberlin’s
23rd codeshare partnership.
Neil Mills, Chief Strategy and Planning
Officer airberlin, said, “Our new codeshare agreement with Flybe gives
our passengers even more choice and expands our flight offer to
the UK. Thanks to our partner Flybe, business and leisure
travelers will benefit from a seamless travel experience and an
connection to our long-haul routes at Dusseldorf and Berlin-Tegel.”
Travellers will be able to enjoy non-stop flights
from the German airports of Dusseldorf, Berlin-Tegel, Hannover,
Munich and Stuttgart to cities such as Birmingham, Cardiff,
Doncaster, Manchester and Southampton. In addition new connections
between Hannover – Milano-Malpensa in Italy and Lyons in France
will be included in the codeshare portfolio.
Business and
leisure travelers flying with Flybe will benefit from convenient connections at airberlin
hubs in Dusseldorf and Berlin-Tegel to Scandinavia, Poland,
France, Austria, Switzerland and airberlin´s long-haul routes to
Abu Dhabi, San Francisco, Boston, Los Angeles or New York.
Flybe passengers can look forward to increased choice of
destinations both within Germany and Europe as well as further
afield to the United States.
The new codeshare with airberlin is
the tenth existing codeshare agreement for Flybe, covering all
corners of the world.
Vincent Hodder, Flybe Chief Revenue Officer,
said, “We are delighted to
sign this significant new codeshare partnership with airberlin, further expanding our extensive list of codeshares. This
arrangement gives travelers enhanced access to airports in both Germany and the UK, as well as allowing for onward connections on airberlin’s global network.”
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