AIR BERLIN is setting up a hub at Stansted to allow for domestic UK flights for the first time. On December 16, the German low-cost carrier will introduce connecting flights from Manchester and Glasgow via Stansted to a host of cities in Germany. The airline says passengers from other UK airports who wish to travel to Germany via Stansted will have their luggage automatically transported to the connecting plane, with an average transfer time of 45 to 60 minutes. Next month, Air Berlin will fly twice daily from Stansted to Berlin, Dusseldorf and Nuremberg and once a day or more to Munster/Osnabruck and Paderborn, while there will also be an increase in the number of London-Leipzig/Halle flights from three to seven per week.
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