Air Berlin’s hub is Duesseldorf, located in Germany’s Western part of the country, with excellent connections to Berlin, Munich, Stuttgart and many European destinations.

Joachim Hunold, CEO Air Berlin, commented on the agreement that is linked to Air Berlin’s plans to join oneworld, the global airline alliance: “We are very pleased that the bilateral agreement will be in place for the start of the winter schedule 2010/11. With our friends at American Airlines we will link our hubs on both sides of the Atlantic to achieve a major increase in our services by operating codeshare flights. Initially we will offer 38 routes, including nine transatlantic routes, as part of this codeshare.”

Tom Horton, President of American Airlines, added: “We are pleased to announce our partnership with Air Berlin, the second largest German airline, which has also become one of the most respected airlines in Europe over the past two decades. This relationship will add significant value for our customers by substantially growing our global network. The agreement provides our customers with extensive access to Germany, Europe’s biggest economy, as well as many other business and leisure destinations. Furthermore, Air Berlin’s U.S. services truly complement our three strategic core markets – New York, Miami, and Los Angeles.”

From its New York hub at John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK), American Airlines offers flights to 56 destinations. The Miami hub of American Airlines is at the heart of an exceptional density of flight connections to 30 destinations in Mexico, Central and South America. In addition, American Airlines offers a network to 23 islands in the Caribbean and six destinations in the Bahamas, which exceeds the services provided by any other airline. From its Los Angeles hub there are 31 connections including four destinations in Hawaii.

Membership of oneworld will provide airberlin passengers with access to a unique, global network. With airberlin joining the alliance, the number of oneworld gateways will rise to 75, while the number of destinations will increase to almost 900 in 150 countries. The combined fleet includes 2,500 aircraft and offers around 9,500 flights per day, carrying 340 million passengers per annum.

More information on  www.airberlin.com and on www.aa.com

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Tickets for the 2 for 1 special can be purchased through the website at airberlin.com/2for1, in the Service Center at 866-266-5588 or through your travel agent. All 2 for 1 routes are marked with the symbol “2for1″ in the fare display.

Airberlin is Germany’s second largest airline. The company currently has over 8,700 employees. In 2009 alone Airberlin received more than 10 awards for service and quality. The fleet, with NIKI, encompasses 169 aircraft with an average age of five years. Consequently Airberlin operates one of the youngest fleets in Europe. The airline’s modern aircraft are extremely fuel-efficient and so provide a lasting contribution to the reduction of aviation emissions. Airberlin is one of the major airlines in Europe and currently flies to 168 destinations in 40 countries (incl. NIKI). In 2009 the airline carried around 28 million passengers. Airberlin has joined the global airline alliance oneworld®. Full membership is planned for the start of 2012. Since November 2010 Airberlin has been operating codeshare flights with American Airlines and Finnair.

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Germany’s second biggest carrier to the world’s leading quality airline alliance.
Air Berlin group member Austria’s NIKI will become an affiliate member of the alliance.
A memorandum of understanding between Air Berlin and oneworld was completed in the airline’s Berlin
home city last night, with a formal alliance membership agreement to be signed soon.
Air Berlin is expected to start flying as part of oneworld in early 2012 – just weeks before the opening of
the new Berlin Brandenburg International Airport, which is being built as a major new hub for Europe.
As a major player in the European air travel market, Air Berlin served in 2009 a total of 160 destinations in
some 40 countries, operating almost 600 daily departures. It carried 28 million passengers, generating
revenues of EUR3.2 billion (US$4.5 billion). As of July 2010, Air Berlin operates a fleet of 165 aircraft,
including Austria’s NIKI, serving 168 destinations.
When it becomes part of oneworld, its customers will gain access to an unrivalled global network. It will
add almost 75 gateways to the oneworld map, expand the alliance’s coverage to almost 900 destinations
in nearly 150 countries, served by a combined fleet of 2,500 aircraft operating some 9,500 flights a day
and carrying 340 million passengers a year.
Members of Air Berlin’s topbonus frequent flyer programme will be able to earn and redeem rewards on
any of oneworld’s 13 other top-class carriers, with top tier members able to use any of the group’s 550
plus airport lounges, and its network will be covered by oneworld’s full range of alliance fares. Frequent
flyer cardholders of oneworld’s established airlines will be able to earn and redeem rewards when flying
Air Berlin.
As a starting point in its oneworld implementation, Air Berlin will develop one-on-one co-operative
agreements with key established members of the alliance American Airlines and Finnair, to take effect
this coming winter season. (See separate news releases.) Bilateral agreements with British Airways and
Iberia are planned to follow.
British Airways will support Air Berlin through its oneworld implementation programme as its alliance
sponsor.
The addition of Air Berlin as a member elect is the latest significant step in what is turning into a
breakthrough year for oneworld as it builds further on its position as the world’s premier airline alliance,
expanding its unrivalled route network still further and enabling it to offer even more services and benefits
to customers.
All but one of the alliance’s existing carriers (with Mexicana the exception) already serve Air Berlin’s
German homeland – the most populous country and the biggest economy in the European Union. They
will also be looking to expand their own services to its key hubs Berlin and Dusseldorf as the new alliance
recruit prepares to join the group.
Air Berlin Chief Executive Joachim Hunold said: “Joining a global alliance is the logical next step in Air
Berlin’s development. We are very pleased and proud to be lining up to join what is clearly the world’s
top quality airline grouping. Becoming part of oneworld would be one of the most significant departures
so far for our airline, enabling us to offer our customers a truly global network served by partners who
include some of the best and biggest airlines in the world. We look forward to completing all joining
requirements as soon as possible.”
Willie Walsh, Chief Executive of British Airways, oneworld’s sponsor of Air Berlin, said: “Air Berlin will
make an ideal oneworld partner. It has an excellent reputation for customer service – right in line with
oneworld’s focus on quality above quantity in terms of membership. Its network is one of the best in
Central Europe, expanding the alliance’s coverage of this region markedly. British Airways is delighted to
be supporting Air Berlin’s addition to oneworld by acting as its sponsor into the alliance – and we look
forward to establishing our bilateral co-operation.”
American Airlines’ Chairman and Chief Executive, and oneworld Governing Board Chairman, Gerard
Arpey added: “oneworld already features four of Europe’s best airlines. Adding the continent’s fifth
biggest carrier will greatly enhance our coverage throughout this region. With all the other significant
steps we are taking in this breakthrough year for our alliance, this represents a great leap forward in our
journey to establish oneworld firmly as the world’s premier airline alliance with members unmatched in
brand and service quality.”
Already in oneworld’s “breakthrough year”:
· Russia’s leading domestic carrier S7 Airlines is on track to join in the coming months.
· India’s leading carrier Kingfisher Airlines became a oneworld member elect in June.
· Japan Airlines has been expanding its co-operation with its oneworld partners since reaffirming its
membership of the alliance in February, filing days later with American Airlines for anti-trust immunity for
a joint business across the Pacific and more than doubling its code-sharing with British Airways.
· American Airlines, British Airways, Iberia, Finnair and Royal Jordanian this month received longawaited
final approval for their application for anti-trust immunity across the Atlantic and the proposed
transatlantic joint business between American, BA and Iberia.
· British Airways and Iberia are on track to complete their merger by the end of the year.
· LAN Airlines celebrated its 10th anniversary as a oneworld member on 1 June. Since joining, it has
added to the grouping its affiliates in Argentina, Ecuador and Peru. With Mexico and Central America’s
leading airline Mexicana joining oneworld in November 2009, this extended oneworld’s position still
further as the leading Latin American alliance.
· oneworld added the World Airline Awards’ World’s Best Alliance title to the World Travel Awards’
World’s Leading Airline Alliance trophies it has won for the past seven years, as the only winner of that
award since it was introduced in 2003.

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In support of the launch of Air Berlin’s new nonstop service from Miami to Berlin, Germany’s capital city, starting in winter 2010/11 passengers can take advantage of a special offer. For the travel period from November 1, 2010 until April 30, 2011, passengers can buy two tickets for the price of one starting from $672 including taxes based on roundtrip travel to Berlin. Via Air Berlin’s hub in Berlin passengers can easily connect to a total of seven other exciting German cities like Düsseldorf, Frankfurt/Main, Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, Cologne/Bonn, Munich, Nuremberg and Stuttgart.

Tickets for the 2for1 special can be purchased from June 23 through June 28, 2010 through the website at airberlin.com/2for1, in the Service Center at 866-266-5588 or through your travel agent. All 2for1 routes are marked with the symbol “2for1” in the fare display.

The flights to and from Berlin will operate on Mondays and Thursdays beginning on November 1, 2010 utilizing an Airbus A330-200 with 276 seats in economy class and 24 in business class featuring Air Berlin’s award-winning service.

Last year Air Berlin carried a total of 27.9 million passengers world-wide. The company currently has more than 8,500 employees. Every year Air Berlin receives more than 10 awards for service and quality. With an average age of just 5.3 years, Air Berlin has one of the newest fleets in Europe. The airline’s modern aircraft are extremely fuel-efficient and so provide a lasting contribution to the reduction of aviation emissions. Air Berlin offers nonstop service from 6 gateways in the U.S. and Canada, New York, Miami, Los Angeles, San Francisco (new), Fort Myers and Vancouver (Canada).

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Bookable as of May 6, 2010, Air Berlin, Germany’s second-largest airline, will introduce nonstop service to Berlin, Germany, from Miami with twice weekly service starting November 1, 2010 until April 28, 2011.

As one of Europe’s leading carriers, Air Berlin is the first airline to offer a nonstop service to Berlin from Miami, providing convenient reach to one of Europe’s most exciting and diverse cities. Air Berlin will continue to offer nonstop service to DĂĽsseldorf from Miami three times weekly during its winter operation from November 1, 2010 through April, 2011.

In addition Air Berlin passengers can take advantage of convenient connections via the hub in Berlin to some of Europe’s premier cities such as; Zurich, Vienna, Stockholm, Oslo, not to mention seven inter-Germany cities including Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Cologne, Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, Nuremberg, Stuttgart and Munich.

The flights from Berlin will operate on Mondays and Thursdays and from Miami on Tuesdays and Fridays utilizing an Airbus A330-200 with 276 seats in economy class and 24 in business class.

All flights on Air Berlin can be booked by contacting the call center toll-free at (866-266-5588), online at airberlin.com any time, or through travel agents. Please mention German World when booking.

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