Los Angeles to Berlin.... Airline Suggestions?

Posted by AllieH (West Coast, California, USA) on 07/16/09 04:58 PM

We're planning to meet extended family for a huge reunion in Germany, March 2010. I'd like to fly LA to Berlin, do the stuff we need to do, drive all over, and return out of Frankfurt back to LA.

I've searched for a direct flight to Berlin but haven't found one. Seems like the direct flights all go to Frankfurt or Munich. What airlines fly to Berlin via 1 stop? Is there a great website where I can plug in all my info (including the return flight change) and get the best deal? I'm finding I have to search every airline's website (and getting frustrated).

Posted by Michael Schneider

New Paltz, NY

07/16/09 07:34 PM

9100 posts

According to www.kayak.com, there are no direct flight from LAX to Berlin.

Posted by margaret

nanaimo

07/16/09 09:38 PM

156 posts

You might want to try Expedia for a choice of airlines and prices but I travel to Berlin every year and there is no direct flight from North America. British Airways will take you via London and Lufthansa and with most other airlines you will have to change in Frankfurt. Dont know if Air Berlin flies from LA but even then it wont be a direct flight.

Posted by ESH

Washington state

07/16/09 10:55 PM

11 posts

Air Berlin flies direct to Dusseldorf from LAX on Mon, Thur, Sat. You can then fly direct to Berlin TXL from Dusseldorf.

http://www.airberlin.com/site/start.php?LANG=eng&MARKT=US

I don't think Air Berlin shows flights as far out as March 2010

you could try Bing for all airlines:

http://www.bing.com/travel/flights

Posted by Northwesterner

Seattle

07/18/09 05:37 PM

80 posts

To the person who said there are no USA-Berlin flights ...

My mother flew Continental Seattle-Newark and Newark-Berlin earlier this year.

I don't think there are any flights to the west coast from Berlin, but certainly the Continental flight exists if you are willing to take the time penalty of flying trans-continental before flying trans-atlantic.

Given that there are no direct flights to Berlin from LAX, it'll be a lot faster to connect through a large European hub like Frankfurt, Munich, London, Paris, Amsterdam, etc to Berlin than via the US East Coast.

Posted by Jeff

Bend, OR, United States

07/18/09 07:04 PM

1167 posts

Delta has one stop (JFK) flights from LAX to Berlin

Posted by Andreas

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

07/20/09 01:38 AM

2779 posts

There is www.airberlin.com from LAX via DUS to Berlin TXL airport. Alternatively there is Lufthansa from LAX via FRA to TXL. Air Berlin offer better service in coach then Lufthansa does, also it's easier to change in smaller DUS than huge FRA airport. Sign up to the Air Berlin newsletter as they come up with special deals every couple of weeks...