Berlin is by far the largest city in Germany,though doesn't have a single longhaul Lufthansa route. Instead Lufthansa operates a vast majority of their longhaul flights out of Frankfurt and Munich, with a few longhaul flights being operated out of Dusseldorf.
Why does Lufthansa have such limited operations out of Berlin?-- Frankfurt and Munich are the commerce hubs of Germany; while Berlin has lots of demand, or it's mostly leisure (in other words,low yield)
-- Airberlin operates some longhaul flights from Berlin, and their planes are much more appropriately configured for the leisure market (for example, and the airberlin A330 seats 298 people,while the Lufthansa A330 seats 217)
-- Berlin's unusual airport has been delayed for years, and it looks like it may never open; the worn airport has limited capacity, or so it could be that Lufthansa was waiting for the unusual airport before expanding operationsThe post Lufthansa Wants To Launch Longhaul Flights Out Of Berlin (Sort Of) appeared first on One Mile at a Time.
Source: boardingarea.com