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Q'orianka Kilcher - german world magazine

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Photo: Karin Memmert<br />

SPOTLIGHT<br />

Representatives of the Air Berlin Group at the grand opening.<br />

Air Berlin Expands its US-Network<br />

Festive opening of new connection between<br />

Duesseldorf and San Francisco — New direct flight<br />

Miami — Berlin announced for November 2010<br />

On May 12, 2010, Air Berlin, Germany’s second-largest airline, invited media representatives and<br />

travel professionals to a festive luncheon at the aviation museum at San Francisco International<br />

Airport to celebrate the arrival of the first direct flight from Duesseldorf. The new route will be<br />

operated on Wednesdays and Fridays.<br />

The airline that started out on 1979 with a direct flight between Berlin and Palma de Mallorca on<br />

April 28 , has grown into a company with more than 8,500 employees and is operating 150 aircrafts<br />

from their 4 main German hubs Duesseldorf, Berlin, Munich and Nuremberg. With an average age<br />

of only 5.3 years, Air Berlin has one of the newest fleets in Europe. Air Berlin currently offers<br />

nonstop service from New York, Miami, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Ft Myers.<br />

Mats Jacobsson, VP International Sales, who flew in from<br />

Berlin explained that Air Berlin has been moving more from the<br />

leisure side of air travel into the business class travel. “We try to<br />

combine the best of both <strong>world</strong>s”, he said. Committed to the<br />

highest technical standards, Jacobsson added, Air Berlin was<br />

the first German airline to order the Dreamliner, the new Boeing<br />

787. 15 aircrafts of this type have been pre-ordered and are<br />

scheduled to be in operation in 2015. Besides, it is Air Berlin’s<br />

goal to add more frequencies and direct connections between<br />

Berlin and the US. As a first step, Air Berlin will open a new<br />

nonstop service between Miami and Berlin twice weekly from<br />

November 1, 2010 to April 28, 2011. -gw/ps<br />

Last Church Service with Pastor<br />

Hildebrandt in Glendale<br />

Mats Jacobsson and PR manager Alexandra<br />

Mueller of the Air Berlin Group<br />

On April 11, 2010, the German methodist community in Glendale<br />

gathered at the Christuskirche to bid farewell to their long-time pastor<br />

Thomas Hildebrandt, his wife Ingrid and their daughters Katja, Lea, and<br />

Sarah. After 12 years of service, Pastor Hildebrandt will now move back<br />

to Germany with his wife Ingrid. Their daughters stay behind since they<br />

are studying and working in the US.<br />

Since 1998, Hildebrandt had cared for the members of the German church community in Glendale.<br />

Under his guidance, the community has grown, shows a very diverse ethnicity today and an<br />

excellent musical program was established.<br />

Bishop Ann Stevenson thanked Pastor Hildebrand for his stewardship, faith and caring. It was a<br />

very emotional moment for all when the song “Time to say good-bye” was played at the end of the<br />

festive church service. Pastor Thomas Hildebrandt and his family, a fixture in the German<br />

community for over a decade, will be missed. – gw/km/ps<br />

Photo: GW/ps

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