Delta Air Lines will resume service to Berlin in the summer of next year after a long hiatus.

Delta launching daily New York to Berlin flights

There will be flights between New York and Berlin as of May 25,23. During the summer season, the new flight will operate every day.

The plane left New York at 8:40PM and arrived in Berlin at 10:50PM.

The Berlin to New York flight is leaving at 12:50PM.

There is a block on the 3,973-mile flight. There are 216 seats, including Delta One, Comfort+, and Main Cabin, in the Boeing 767-300ER that Delta will use.

The last time Delta flew to Berlin, it flew to Berlin Tegel Airport, but it no longer has commercial traffic. The airline has struggled to maintain service in the market even before the economic downturn.

Delta’s 767 business class

It’s great to see Berlin get more long haul flights

Despite being Germany's most populous city, there has been no consistent service to the airport from the US. Things are moving in the correct direction. United and Norse Atlantic have both announced plans to operate flights from Berlin to New York and Los Angeles.

We could see three airlines flying between Germany's capital and the New York City area now that Delta has resumed flights to Berlin.

Why has Berlin not been able to maintain long haul connections? A number of factors have contributed to this.

  • The new Berlin Brandenburg Airport finally opened in late 2020, nearly a decade behind schedule; the old airport wasn’t really equipped for major expansion
  • Unfortunately airberlin liquidated in late 2017, and that’s the airline that operated some long haul routes out of Berlin
  • While Berlin is the biggest city in Germany, Frankfurt and Munich are the business hubs, and also the hubs that Lufthansa has been focused on
  • That means Berlin is largely left with leisure demand (which isn’t going to consistently be lucrative, especially for full service airlines) and government traffic (which is likely to fly with Lufthansa, even if connecting is required)

There is so much to see and do in Berlin. The way I see it is that it is a city that has been screwed by its airport setup in terms of access to the internet.

Berlin Brandenburg Airport is finally getting more long haul service

Bottom line

The route between New York and Berlin will be brought back by Delta. It is nice to see this route come back after four years. It will be possible for United to fly between the New York area and Berlin.

Delta has a flight from New York to Berlin.

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