Primera to add long-haul routes from Berlin

Primera Air intends to operate North American services from Berlin Tegel next summer. Services to New York JFK, Boston and Toronto will be launched in June 2019 and operated with Boeing 737 Max jets, says the carrier. New York flights will be conducted daily from 7 June. A four-times-weekly Boston service will begin on 9 June and a thrice-weekly Toronto one the following day. "Berlin has been one of the key bases in our strategy, as it is one of the major European cities and we can bring a lot of tourists from North America, who otherwise could not afford to travel there," states Primera Air CCO Anastasija Visnakova. Primer will add new long-haul services from Brussels to Boston, Newark and Washington next summer, also operated with Max jets. The airline suspended its long-haul flights from Birmingham to New York and Toronto this summer as a result of the late delivery of an Airbus A321neo.<br/>