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Cologne Bonn Airport . / b Media information G Cologne, 31 January 2018 Flughafen Köln/Bonn GmbH Postfach 98 01 20 easyJet comes back to Cologne Bonn 51129 Cologne Germany Cologne Bonn Airport has confirmed the welcome return of easyJet this T + 49 (0) 22 03 - 40-33 33 F + 49 (0) 22 03 - 40-27 45 summer, following the low-cost carrier’s (LCC) announcement of a new link [email protected] www.koeln-bonn-airport.de with Berlin Tegel. From 1 June, the LCC will add 33 weekly flights from the North Rhine-Westphalia region to its latest hub in the German capital. “We are pleased to welcome easyJet, one of the fastest-growing European airlines, back to Cologne Bonn. The carrier’s new multiple-daily connection significantly increases the attractiveness of our offer on the Berlin route which is in high-demand,” says Athanasios Titonis, Managing Director, Cologne Bonn Airport. Utilising the airline’s fleet of A320s based at Berlin Tegel, the addition of easyJet’s capacity will see another 5,700 weekly seats between the two airports, with Cologne Bonn offering close to 15,000 weekly seats to Germany’s largest city in S18. The LCC returns to Cologne Bonn after two-year hiatus, gaining an immediate 40% share of flights to Berlin Tegel, and significantly boosting the gateway’s domestic connections. Photo caption: easyJet returns to Cologne Bonn this summer after two-year hiatus, confirming 33 weekly flights to its latest hub at Berlin Tegel. Notes for Editors · Flughafen Köln/Bonn GmbH is the operator of Cologne Bonn Airport. The public enterprise is owned by a consortium of shareholders, jointly-led by the Federal Republic of Germany (30.94%), and the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia (30.94%), together with the City of Cologne (31.12%), the City of Bonn (6.06%), the Rhein-Sieg district (0.59%), and the Rheinisch Bergisch district (0.35%). · Cologne Bonn Airport welcomed 12.4 million passengers in 2017, flying on the airport’s services to 142 destinations across 48 countries, and handled 838,000 tonnes of cargo. · Cologne Bonn Airport’s route development 2018 includes: To launch: Eurowings twice-weekly service to Lanzarote, starting 16 January 2018; Pobeda twice-weekly service to St Petersburg, starting 17 February 2018; Eurowings weekly service to Monastir, starting 28 March 2018; easyJet 33 times weekly service to Berlin Tegel, starting 1 June 2018; SunExpress Germany weekly service to Ankara, starting 16 June 2018; SunExpress weekly service to Ordu-Giresun, starting 19 June 2018. PPS Publications, Media & Events on behalf of Cologne Bonn Airport: Kerry Parks, Account Manager Aviation Development PR (44) 1293 783851 or [email protected] .