airberlin arrived in Romania in February 2010 via Fly Niki, which it now owns in full after having bought Niki Lauda out.
“One of our stated goals for 2013 is to continue consolidating airberlin as an international air transport network. Adjusting our network strategy is an important part of it,” said Wolfgang Prock-Schauer, chief strategy and network planning officer of airberlin.
He added that the flights from Bucharest to Berlin would give passengers access to the company’s international flight network.
People travelling from Romania to Berlin can continue their trip to Copenhagen, Goteborg, Stockholm and Norway, as well as to Rome and to cities in Germany.
airberlin flies to 170 destinations in 40 countries. The company has 9,300 employees and carried more than 35 million passengers last year. airberlin is part of the oneworld alliance.
It will be the second airline to offer Bucharest-Berlin flights after Lufthansa.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)