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On 28th April 1979 the first Air Berlin flight took off
from Berlin-Tegel to Palma de Mallorca. Germany's favourite
holiday island is still the prime destination of Air Berlin's
route network. The "Majorca Shuttle" operates daily flights
from 12 German airports. The total number of weekly flights to
Majorca has increased from 140 (summer 2001) to over 200 (summer
2004).
But Air Berlin also regularly serves all the other major
holiday destinations on the Mediterranean coast, as well as in the
Canary Islands, Portugal and North Africa.
In the winter of 1998/1999, for instance, the Spanish mainland
experienced a renaissance, which is why Alicante, Almeria, Malaga
and Jerez de la Frontera have long been an integral part of our
flight schedule. The same applies to all the Canary Islands,
Greece and its many islands, the south of Italy, Turkey, Faro in
Portugal, Madeira, Tunisia, Morocco and Egypt.
In October 2002 Air Berlin launched a new product: the
"City Shuttle". It connects nine German airports with major
European cities: Barcelona, Budapest, London, Madrid, Manchester,
Milan, Rome, Southampton, Warsaw, Vienna and Zurich.
In January 2005 the "City Shuttle" and "Majorca Shuttle"
product lines were combined to form the "Euro Shuttle", thereby
underlining the airline’s core European competence.
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