Originally Posted by
ezefllying
It still blows my mind that the emerging capital of the free world (and I say that from Washington, D.C.) can't manage nonstop flights to Western European capitals (much less Washington) on a non-LCC. I'm not even confident Brandenburg will change that in the short term.
It could, it just doesn't want to.
Remember there is no airline that is based in Berlin, mostly because of historical reasons. AB used to have a flight to CDG. LH is more interested in pulling connecting business traffic it seems, as EW has more of a sun&fun offering.