When Berlin’s new Brandenburg Airport opens on 3rd June 2012, it will be blessed with 29 new routes from national carrier Lufthansa – a clear sign that the airport will bring about a new era for air travel to the city.
Today, Lufthansa’s network to Berlin Tegel Airport is limited to domestic and a few European services. However, when the airline moves to the new airport on its opening day, it will introduce 130 new flights each week. New destinations include:
The historic Berlin Tempelhof Airport will close tonight after many years of use.
Most notably, the airport featured heavily in the Berlin Airlift, seeing thousands of flights bringing relief supplies into the city when the Soviets blocked access roads.
The airport also features one of the world’s largest structures – it’s terminal Building, which runs the length of the airport.
The downtown location always made for spectacular views of aircraft on approach, with houses and flats very close behind. It wasn’t the easiest airport to spot at, however. And in recent times the decline in flights left it a little quiet save for general aviation and business jets.
It is a sad moment to see such an iconic airport close, however.
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When Berlin’s new Brandenburg Airport opens on 3rd June 2012, it will be blessed with 29 new routes from national carrier Lufthansa – a clear sign that the airport will bring about a new era for air travel to the city.