Discover the new airberlin business class: even more exclusive service, even more solitude, even more entertainment, even more relaxation, and even more comfort. Whether you’re travelling on business or taking off on holiday, flying becomes a dream, and with so many extras for business class guests it’s easy to see why airberlin is Business Destinations’ Best Business Class Airline, Europe, 2014.
Priority service
Even before your journey begins, as a guest of airberlin’s business class you’ll enjoy a range of special services. These put you ahead from the moment you arrive at the airport, with dedicated priority check-in counters, fast lanes and priority boarding.
At the airport, airberlin will check in your bags at a desk reserved exclusively for business class customers. You can check in two items of baggage, each weighing up to 32kg, on all routes. Your bags will be given a priority label and will be unloaded first upon arrival. Guests in airberlin business class can also carry a second item of hand baggage, weighing up to 8kg, free of charge.
Spend the time before departure in exclusive lounges, which are available at German and international airports, and include more than 550 oneworld premium lounges around the world. Make the time waiting for departure as pleasant as possible, with services including free wi-fi, refreshing beverages, magazines and newspapers and, in some cases, shower and spa facilities.
Opulent extras
Guests flying with airberlin who are members of the topbonus programme will be credited for double the actual miles flown for each flight in business class. A whole array of attractive rewards are available for just a few miles. The benefits include: free registration with free miles as a welcome gift; collecting miles even on the ground from any of 120 partners; award flights from just 3,000 miles with topbonus Topdeal tickets. And there is even more on offer in 2014, airberlin’s anniversary year.
When you fly you don’t just collect award miles for free flights, but also status miles to cash in on exclusive benefits. The more of these you collect, the higher your topbonus status.
The perfect start or the opulent conclusion to your trip, on flights to, from or via Abu Dhabi, as a guest in airberlin business class you can enjoy a luxurious chaffeur service, free of charge.
Individual service
The staff at airberlin waste no time welcoming you to business class by taking your coat and stowing your hand baggage, before offering you a glass of champagne to enjoy in your multifunctional seat. The seat offers a high level of comfort. Besides the upright position and a semi-reclining pose for relaxing, the seat can be adjusted to a flat position for sleeping – on a long-haul flight it’s important to vary the position you are sitting in frequently. At the touch of a button your seat turns into a fully horizontal bed of a generous length, allowing you to sleep comfortably. In addition, there is an adjustable massage function to help you feel more at ease.
Airberlin guests enjoy total privacy through their entire journey: there are only 19 seats in the business class section, and the seat next to you is kept free, subject to availability, on any feeder or connecting flights you take. In airberlin’s business class you always enjoy attentive and personal service in a private atmosphere. The on-board bar offers a wide selection of soft and alcoholic drinks as well as speciality coffee from Nespresso. Staff are happy to serve snacks and fresh fruit if you feel a little hungry at any point.
The menu, consisting of several courses and inspired by the renowned Sansibar restaurant on the German island of Sylt, offers you a real culinary experience – haute cuisine in the most literal sense. The wine to accompany your meal has been selected by the expert sommeliers from Sansibar, which, incidentally, has one of the best wine cellars in Germany.
Work and unwind
The name ‘business class’ says it all: not only does your seat have plenty of legroom, but there is also a spacious multi-functional table and shelves for your documents. Next to the monitor there is a USB socket to connect any electronic devices, such as smartphones or tablets. You can plug in and charge your laptop using the power socket provided.
The 19 seats in airberlin’s exclusive business class are arranged so you either sit alone at a window, or at the aisle. Guests travelling together may sit in one of the two adjoining seats in the centre of the cabin Wherever you sit, your privacy is guaranteed. Every seat has direct access to the aisle and to baggage lockers above. Numerous shelves and storage compartments are provided to stow away your belongings, including the free amenity kit, which are partly bags by Tumi containing high-quality care products from luxury brands such as Rituals and L’Occitane.
With airberlin’s business class you’re in a multimedia entertainment centre. Your seat is equipped with a state-of-the-art inflight entertainment system with a 15-inch LED monitor, remote control and noise-cancelling headphones. It offers a diverse programme of entertainment including blockbuster movies, classic films, and a selection of music channels, audiobooks and videogames. Connections for your electronic devices ensure the individual nature of the entertainment. In addition, you have a choice of national and international newspapers and magazines.
Business class guests leave the aircraft before all other passengers and their bags are already waiting – thanks to the priority labels they are the first to be unloaded.
