Berlin Changes - Brandenburg opens finally with a catch
Oct 22, 2020, 6:23 am
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Berlin Changes - Brandenburg opens finally with a catch
So all change in Berlin
Aer Lingus is moving to T2 at BER from November 7/8 (well they claim so as all tickets to BER are showing as arrive/depart T2.
Well they are not, BER T2 isn't open so they are moving to T5 which is just new name for SXF which EI left 4 years ago after numerous passenger complaints.
Wonder where EC261 sits with change of airport?
Aer Lingus is moving to T2 at BER from November 7/8 (well they claim so as all tickets to BER are showing as arrive/depart T2.
Well they are not, BER T2 isn't open so they are moving to T5 which is just new name for SXF which EI left 4 years ago after numerous passenger complaints.
Wonder where EC261 sits with change of airport?
Oct 22, 2020, 6:53 am
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Oct 22, 2020, 7:25 am
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Quick translation
Aer Lingus will switch from Tegel to T5 from November 7th to 8th, which should actually be in T2.
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Oct 22, 2020, 10:26 am
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Article 8
Right to reimbursement or re-routing
3. When, in the case where a town, city or region is served by several airports, an operating air carrier offers a passenger a flight to an airport alternative to that for which the booking was made, the operating air carrier shall bear the cost of transferring the passenger from that alternative airport either to that for which the booking was made, or to another close-by destination agreed with the passenger.
Right to reimbursement or re-routing
3. When, in the case where a town, city or region is served by several airports, an operating air carrier offers a passenger a flight to an airport alternative to that for which the booking was made, the operating air carrier shall bear the cost of transferring the passenger from that alternative airport either to that for which the booking was made, or to another close-by destination agreed with the passenger.
Oct 23, 2020, 11:02 am
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Not really. The BER web site says T1, so T1 it will be.
You will see from the web site, if you select T5, it is all the low cost and budget airlines. Ryanair, Wizz, Corendon, Freebird, Transavia, Condor and so on.
T1 is where all the real airlines are and Aer Lingus is among them. I'm sure they will move to T2 in due course, which is evident by the search box, which has Terminal 1 as a selection twice. No doubt one will become Terminal 2 once it opens and airlines move.
Have fun on your trip! Should be good to visit an 8 year old airport for the first time
You will see from the web site, if you select T5, it is all the low cost and budget airlines. Ryanair, Wizz, Corendon, Freebird, Transavia, Condor and so on.
T1 is where all the real airlines are and Aer Lingus is among them. I'm sure they will move to T2 in due course, which is evident by the search box, which has Terminal 1 as a selection twice. No doubt one will become Terminal 2 once it opens and airlines move.
Have fun on your trip! Should be good to visit an 8 year old airport for the first time
Oct 30, 2020, 12:45 pm
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I'd love to hear someone trying to get compensated for a taxi ride from BER to TXL after TXL has closed, but you are absolutely guaranteed to not get compensated for it.
Oct 30, 2020, 3:30 pm
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Imagine EC261 wouldn’t apply as TXL cannot be served (ie, it’s closed!), so the airline and most observers would consider it to be fully outside of the airline’s control. I imagine you would be entitled to a refund if you chose not to travel to this new destination.
Oct 30, 2020, 3:40 pm
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I'm struggling to come up with a reason why anyone would *want* to get to TXL; anyone who had departed from there before closure would know that it was closing, and would surely not have decided to park there.
I'd love to hear someone trying to get compensated for a taxi ride from BER to TXL after TXL has closed, but you are absolutely guaranteed to not get compensated for it.
I'd love to hear someone trying to get compensated for a taxi ride from BER to TXL after TXL has closed, but you are absolutely guaranteed to not get compensated for it.
If a passenger requests compensation for a taxi ride from BER to TXL, then more likely the passenger is lying and it's actually a taxi ride from BER to the passenger's home or hotel.
Nov 1, 2020, 4:12 am
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True as of this moment; however, Article 8 (3) EC261/2004 ceases to apply to Berlin airports as of Nov 7/8, because as of that date, the opening clause "When, in the case where a town, city or region is served by several airports" no longer applies to Berlin. The paragraph says nothing about the situation at the time of booking, or any other time in the past. There is no case law on this point, but I would be interested to see how the courts would interpret any such claim
Nov 1, 2020, 7:40 am
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Note also that a free hourly shuttle operates from BER to TXL up until closure of TXL on November 8. As such, no airline would have to pay to transport a passenger wishing to travel to TXL; a free shuttle is available to get them to their preferred airport.
https://ber.berlin-airport.de/conten...ber-t1-txl.pdf
https://ber.berlin-airport.de/conten...ber-t1-txl.pdf
Nov 1, 2020, 5:00 pm
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Another catch; the Sunday Independent reports that Berlin is one of several Aer Lingus routes that will be suspended for at least a month as of November 16.
Nov 2, 2020, 12:47 am
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They will fly there for 8 days so be interesting
Germany basically goes into a shutdown state more like level 3.5 Irish style today so BER will be deserted, which is actually lucky as a big bang opening would likely have been chaos.
Germany basically goes into a shutdown state more like level 3.5 Irish style today so BER will be deserted, which is actually lucky as a big bang opening would likely have been chaos.