Stansted Airport celebrates 30 years of Air Berlin

Stansted Airport has joined in with a tribute to Air Berlin 30 years after the airline first began flight operations from Berlin.

The carrier has gone from strength to strength over the past three decades, becoming Germany's second largest airline after Lufthansa with some 30 million passengers a year.

Via its hub in Dusseldorf, the airline offers connections to destinations all over the world including New York, Miami, Bangkok and the Maldives.

Nick Barton, commercial and development director at London Stansted, said the airport was "delighted" to see the airline reach its 30th anniversary.

He added: "Air Berlin pride themselves on offering low fares with allocated seating, complimentary refreshments, child discounts and a generous 20kg luggage allowance, which have always been extremely popular offerings to business and leisure passengers."

Air Berlin expanded its international network this week with the launch of its first flight from Berlin to Oslo.

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