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SWISS to Switch Berlin Service to New Brandenburg Airport

March 10, 2020 / WIL BALDWIN

SWISS will operate all its Berlin services to and from the city’s new Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) from 8 November 2020. The SWISS reservation system has already been reconfigured.

From 31 October 2020 onwards, flight operations in Berlin will relocate from the present Tegel Airport to the city’s new Brandenburg Airport (BER). The migration should be completed within the following week. Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) will commence its new operations to and from Berlin Brandenburg on 8 November. The first SWISS arrival at the new airport will be flight LX974 at 08:45, and the first SWISS Berlin Brandenburg departure will be flight LX975 to Zurich at 09:30.

The SWISS reservation system has already been reconfigured to reflect the planned move. Customers who book a flight to Berlin for travel on or after 8 November will be shown not Tegel (TXL) as their destination but the new Berlin Brandenburg (BER). Customers who have already booked such flights will be notified and rebooked. According to current plans, the arrival and departure times of the SWISS flights concerned will remain unchanged, as will the number of frequencies on the route.

Access to new lounge for SWISS travellers, too

Business Class travellers on Lufthansa Group airlines, Frequent Travellers, Senators, Star Alliance Gold Status Members and HON Circle Members can look forward to a particular highlight at the new Berlin Brandenburg Airport: the Lufthansa Lounge. The 1,600-square-metre facility, which is located in the Main Pier North of Terminal 1, offers separate senator and business sections in which visitors can relax, freshen up or work in calm surrounds. The new lounge also features a panoramic windowfront giving exclusive views out over the apron area and of the Berlin skyline beyond.

United Announces New Nonstop Between Denver and Frankfurt

November 29, 2018 / WIL BALDWIN

DENVER, Nov. 29, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — United Airlines (UAL), the U.S. carrier with the most service to Germany, today announced it will begin its 15th daily nonstop flight between the United States and Germany from its hub at Denver International Airport. The airline announced it will begin year-round service between Denver and Frankfurt, Germany, beginning May 2, 2019, subject to government approval. Tickets are now available for purchase on united.com.

United’s new service between Denver and Frankfurt is the only nonstop service from Denver to Germany by a U.S. carrier and is the airline’s ninth flight between the United States and Frankfurt. United currently operates daily nonstop service between Frankfurt and its hubs in Chicago, Houston, New York/Newark, San Francisco and Washington Dulles.

Denver (DEN) – Frankfurt (FRA) starts May 2, 2019
Flight	Frequency	City Pair	Depart	Arrive	Aircraft
UA 182	Daily	DEN – FRA	3:40 p.m.	09:20 a.m. ⁺¹ ^day	Boeing 787
UA 181	Daily	FRA – DEN	11:05 a.m.	1:20 p.m.	Boeing 787

From Denver, United will connect more than 60 cities across the Western United States including Las Vegas, Phoenix, Salt Lake City and Seattle to Frankfurt.

“United is committed to expanding our global network for our customers and our employees and we are excited to continue this growth with the addition of new service between Denver and Frankfurt,” said Patrick Quayle, United’s vice president of International Network. “From the mid-continent United States to the rest of the world, United offers customers more choice and more international flights and destinations than any other carrier.”

United Airlines has served the Denver community since 1937 and is the only airline to continuously operate service in Denver – operating 6.5 million flights and serving more than 580 million customers.

“We are appreciative to have such a great partnership with United Airlines and that they continue to grow and invest in Denver with the addition of this new year-round transatlantic service,” said DEN CEO Kim Day.

United Airlines in Germany

United Airlines has continuously served Germany for more than 28 years, when the airline began daily service between Frankfurt and its Chicago and Washington Dulles hubs. In addition to United’s new daily service between Denver and Frankfurt, the airline offers customers daily, year-round service to Frankfurt from its hubs in Chicago, Houston, New York/Newark, San Francisco and Washington Dulles. United also operates daily nonstop service from Munich to Chicago, Houston, New York/Newark, San Francisco and Washington Dulles, and year-round nonstop service between New York/Newark and Berlin/Tegel. Additionally, United offers seasonal service between Munich and San Francisco. All flights are conveniently timed to connect at United’s U.S. hubs with an extensive connecting network to destinations throughout the United States and beyond.

United Airlines in Denver

Denver International Airport, a United hub since 1937, offers customers more than 400 flights daily across its domestic network and more than 15 international flights to key business and leisure destinations in five countries in Europe, Asia and the Americas. The airport is the region’s key gateway to international economic and tourism development.

Customers traveling to the U.S. from Frankfurt can conveniently connect to hundreds of U.S. destinations including easy connecting services between Denver and Jackson Hole and Aspen, popular ski destinations for European visitors.

About United

United Airlines and United Express operate approximately 4,700 flights a day to 356 airports across five continents. In 2017, United and United Express operated more than 1.6 million flights carrying more than 148 million customers. United is proud to have the world’s most comprehensive route network, including U.S. mainland hubs in Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Newark/New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. United operates 760 mainline aircraft and the airline’s United Express carriers operate 546 regional aircraft. The airline is a founding member of Star Alliance, which provides service to 193 countries via 28 member airlines. For more information, visit united.com, follow @United on Twitter or connect on Facebook. The common stock of United’s parent, United Continental Holdings, Inc., is traded on the Nasdaq under the symbol “UAL”.

SOURCE United Airlines

For further information: United Airlines Worldwide Media Relations, 872-825-8640, media.relations@united.com

Ryanair, its pilots, and Niki

December 15, 2017 / WIL BALDWIN

Facing the imminent threat of a strike by its pilots, Ryanair has offered for the first time in its 32-year history to recognize the rights of its pilots to unionize. The action is a last ditch effort to avert a planned pilot strike scheduled to take place on December 20. Ryanair had previously refused to recognize unions as part of its ultra low-cost model, which has helped to turn the small Irish regional airline into one of Europe’s largest air carriers. “Recognizing unions will be a significant change for Ryanair, but we have delivered radical change before,” Chief executive Michael O’Leary said in a statement. “We hope and expect that these structures can and will be agreed with by our pilots early in the new year.”

Ryanair pilots in several countries were threatening strike actions in the days leading up to the Christmas Holidays. Strikes had already been scheduled to take place in Ireland, Italy, and Portugal. The Irish based company stated that it had sent a letter to unions in Britain, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, and Spain this morning. The letter stated that the airline was ready to hold talks to formally recognize the unions, and asked for confirmation that the planned industrial actions would be canceled. The pilots have been angered by Ryanair following the announcement of 20,000 flight cancellations that began in September, and are expected to extend into March of 2018. The airline blamed the cancellations on a lack of standby pilots due to a rostering error that followed rule changes by Irish regulators. Pilots have stated that Ryanair is facing a major staffing shortage, a claim that management has repeatedly denied.

In other news today, Ryanair has stated that it is looking into buying the assets of insolvent Austrian leisure airline Niki. Niki was formerly part of the now insolvent carrier Air Berlin, which is seeking a new buyer after Lufthansa decided to drop its bid for those assets two days ago. The airline wants to look into the possibility of using Niki’s take-off and landing slots at Berlin’s Tegel Airport to operate a 9 or 10 aircraft base at the airport. “At first look, Niki’s Tegel slot portfolio would be woefully inadequate to support a nine-aircraft base but we will review the utility of Niki’s slots as their availability becomes clearer,” Ryanair said in an email statement. The rest of the Air Berlin assets were divided amongst Lufthansa and European low-cost carrier EasyJet.

SWISS to Switch Berlin Service to New Brandenburg Airport

United Announces New Nonstop Between Denver and Frankfurt

Ryanair, its pilots, and Niki

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