What Emirates has been trying for a long time, a small airline will now succeed. Flights between the German capital and the largest city in the United Arab Emirates.
For a long time, Emirates has been trying to add the German capital Berlin to its route network. However, due to different contracts, Emirates is only allowed to fly to four German cities. And Emirates has been doing that for a long time. The golf airline connects Frankfurt, Munich, Hamburg and Düsseldorf with its hub in Dubai. If Emirates wanted to fly to Berlin, it would have to cancel one of the aforementioned destinations. This is not what Emirates intends to do.
Just a few months ago, the airline's marketing director, Adnan Kazim, was urging that now was the best time to connect Berlin with Dubai in order to take advantage of the economic opportunities. Emirates is receiving support from companies, as well as chambers of commerce and industry and agencies from the tourism and business sectors in Berlin and Brandenburg. BER boss Lütke Daldrup also spoke out in favor of a connection to Dubai.
And that is exactly what BER now receives. But not through Emirates. The Latvian airline SmartLynx Airlines will start flights between Berlin and Dubai from October 4, 2021 in cooperation with the German travel company FTI Group. An Airbus A321-200 will fly between the two cities initially twice a week, and then three times from December.
The FTI Group and Smartlynx advertise that the flights will be launched precisely for the upcoming EXPO2020 world exhibition.
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