Since Friday there have been two connections with United to BER: from New York and Washington Photo: Wolfgang Kumm/dpa
By Stephen Peter
Large train station for a new flight connection that may be short-lived. United’s first flight to Washington was celebrated at BER with a ceremony on the visitors’ terrace.
The US airline connects the two capitals with each other. The flight lasts nine hours and the Boeing 767-400 has room for 240 passengers. However: The connection will only be offered until the end of the summer flight schedule. It expires at the end of October.
Means: In five months the connection will be over again! It is still unclear whether it will be resumed in 2024.
Governing Mayor Kai Wegner (50) would like to see significantly more direct connections from Berlin Photo: Wolfgang Kumm/dpa
US Ambassador Amy Gutmann (73) is happy anyway: “Berlin is the favorite city in Germany for the Americans. Now they can fly direct without having to change planes.”
Brandenburg’s Prime Minister Dietmar Woidke (61, SPD): “As of today, the White House is moving closer to the Federal Chancellery.”
Governing Mayor Kai Wegner (50, CDU): “BER is our gateway to the world, we have to open it wide! 140 direct connections must not be the end of the road!”
The town hall boss to BZ: “Every direct connection counts, so that Berliners don’t always have to change trains in Frankfurt or Munich.”