{"id":17659,"date":"2017-09-07T03:05:28","date_gmt":"2017-09-07T07:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/?p=17659"},"modified":"2026-04-08T13:13:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T13:13:45","slug":"air-berlin-ending-long-haul-routes-september-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/air-berlin-ending-long-haul-routes-september-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Berlin Ending Long Haul Routes &#8211; September 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We recently reported how the struggling Air Berlin Loyalty Program Top Bonus filed for bankruptcy. The unraveling of the airline continues, with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bild.de\/geld\/wirtschaft\/air-berlin\/air-berlin-streicht-langstreckenfluege-53028074.bild.html#fromWall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reports in the German press<\/a> that the company will cease long haul flights from Berlin by the end of September. Although no official announcement has been made, the reports are given more credibility by the fact that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-air-berlin-lufthansa-timeline-idUSKCN1B90Y2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a> has reported that Lufthansa is set to pick up 17 of the airline\u2019s long haul aircraft, and their associated transatlantic routes.<\/p>\n<p><img data-aspectratio=\"600\/480\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8962 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/airberlin-runway-featured.jpg\" alt=\"airberlin runway\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/airberlin-runway-featured.jpg 2690w, https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/airberlin-runway-featured-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/airberlin-runway-featured-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/airberlin-runway-featured-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/airberlin-runway-featured-325x260.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"Which_Flights_Are_Affected\">Which Flights Are Affected<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Again, we'd still hope for an official statement, but <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wandr.me\/2017\/09\/air-berlin-longhaul-shutdown-tegel-txl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">specific dates have been reported on when these routes will end<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Berlin \u2013 Abu Dhabi &#8211; October 1, 2017<\/li>\n<li>Berlin \u2013 Chicago &#8211; September 30, 2017<\/li>\n<li>Berlin \u2013 Miami &#8211; September 25, 2017<\/li>\n<li>Berlin \u2013 New York &#8211; September 25, 2017<\/li>\n<li>Berlin \u2013 Los Angeles &#8211; October 1, 2017<\/li>\n<li>Berlin \u2013 San Francisco &#8211; October 1, 2017<\/li>\n<li>D\u00fcsseldorf \u2013 Boston &#8211; October 1, 2017<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>How to deal with the situation if you have a ticket on one of these flights can be a tricky question as the airline hasn't made a statement about the cancellations publicly. However, if you booked with Air Berlin it is highly recommended that you get in touch with the airline to work with them on a solution. If on the other hand, you have booked through one of Air Berlin\u2019s Oneworld partners (e.g., BA or AA), then you should contact your airline and try and work something out with them.<\/p>\n<p>We'd hope that something would be published on the Air Berlin flight information page, but nothing.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"Overall\">Overall<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>It is never a happy situation when an airline goes under since passengers tend to lose out. If your travel plans are essential, make sure to take independent steps and start scoping out some alternate travel options on top of working it out with the airline.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ftoc\"><div id=\"toc_container\" class=\"toc_light_blue no_bullets\"><p class=\"toc_title\">Page Contents<\/p><ul class=\"toc_list\"><li><a href=\"#Which_Flights_Are_Affected\">Which Flights Are Affected<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#Overall\">Overall<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve booked flights through Air Berlin or have flight reservations with Air Berlin for future travel you might want to reach out to confirm your flights are actually operating as scheduled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":8962,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":null,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"default","_twitter_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type":"default","_pinterest_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"default","_medium_share_type":"default","_threads_share_type":"default","_google_business_share_type":"default","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[12069],"tags":[12668],"coauthors":[36383],"class_list":["post-17659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-airlines"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17659"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17659\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":250935,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17659\/revisions\/250935"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17659"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=17659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}