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10 BACK ROADS GERMANY

Getting to Germany

A popular destination, Germany is well connected to the rest
of the world. Every large city in the country has an airport,
most of which offer international flights. The increase in the
number of low-cost flights has made it much easier to travel
to Germany from various European cities. Travellers from
outside Europe may find it cheaper to fly via London
to take advantage of the many budget flights available from
the UK. All the major US airlines also operate regular flights to
Germany. Car rental services are well established at all the Above Germany’s efficient budget
big airports in the country. air carrier, German Wings

DIRECTORY Arriving by Air offers regular, scheduled flights
Germany’s most important airports from London (Heathrow and
ARRIVING BY AIR are Frankfurt am Main, Munich and Gatwick) to major German desti-
Air Berlin Düsseldorf, from where connecting nations as well as from several
030 3434 3434; www.airberlin.com flights can be made to other German regional airports in the UK. Germany
Air Canada cities. If coming from outside Europe, and the US are well connected
06927 11 51 11; www.aircanada.com visitors are most likely to arrive at one through direct flights from major
British Airways of these major airports. US cities such as New York,
01805 26 65 22; The largest German airports are Washington DC, Boston, Chicago,
www.britishairways.com
Delta Airlines Frankfurt am Main and Munich. The San Francisco and Los Angeles. Air
01805 80 58 72; www.delta.com gigantic airport in Frankfurt com- Canada operates daily flights from
Düsseldorf Airport prises two huge terminals, which Canadian hubs to Frankfurt and
0211 42 10; are connected by a fast overground Munich in arrangement with
www.dus.com railway. The airport in Munich is Lufthansa. Other carriers that offer
Frankfurt am Main Airport somewhat smaller, but still very flights to Germany are Delta Airlines,
01805 372 46 36; popular. Among the rest, the busiest Qantas and United Airlines.
www.frankfurt-airport.de are Düsseldorf, Cologne-Bonn and Travelling to Germany by air and
German Wings Berlin, which has two airports, Tegel then renting a pre-booked car is
0900 19 19 100; and Schönefeld. Most airports are certainly the best option for tourists
www.germanwings.com 20–40 km (12–25 miles) outside the from North America, South Africa,
Lufthansa nearest city and connected to the New Zealand and Australia.
069 86 799 799; www.lufthansa.com
Munich Airport centre by local transport or Autobahn. In addition to Lufthansa, there are
089 97 52 13 13; International hubs such as Frankfurt, a number of other smaller carriers in
www.munich-airport.de Munich and Düsseldorf offer long- Germany including Air Berlin and
Qantas distance train connections. German Wings. These often offer
0421 69641 100; www.qantas.com Germany’s national carrier is cheaper fares than Lufthansa on
United Airlines Lufthansa, which operates regular, internal routes, as well as providing
069 50 07 03 87; www.united.com scheduled flights to destinations all air links with small airports such as
around the world. British Airways Augsburg, Dortmund and Erfurt.

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