Originally Posted by
alfahund
Why? You all paid already for a flight on the 2nd

They have your money already...
Because the A380 flight has been cancelled:
+++14.16 Uhr Lufthansa sagt Berlin-Jungfernflug mit A 380 ab
And because Lufthansa will now have to try and arrange their full, expanded slate of flights to operate from TXL with less than one month's notice! Air Berlin have already stated it will cost them a lot of money (+++ 14.45 Uhr Verschobene Flughafeneröffnung kostet Air Berlin viel Geld, same link as above)