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Old Aug 13, 2013, 2:07 am
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derpelikan
 
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berlin airport

its more of an berlin tegel problem.
tegel is at maxium capacity.

luggage has to be sorted by hand, there is no automatic baggage sorting machine.

dp

Originally Posted by desi
Air Berlin seem to have had problems at JFK too (mainly due to Air Berlin choosing to combine baggage from flights of different origins into single conveyor and then getting staff to offload luggage into 4 corners (not one) to make room for so many bags.

Priority bags can come last or first or in middle (doesnt matter as one has to keep going through four corners in addition to checking conveyor belt)

Air Berlion seems like more of a discount airline (similar to Niki) rather than a full fledged OW airline)

Also in OP's case, how can one blame TXL for AB flying out of Stockhom without any bags on board?
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