Condor now connects Berlin Brandenburg Airport with Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates on a daily basis. The airline operates the flights to the Gulf region in codeshare with Etihad Airways. The new long-haul service adds an important hub connecting Europe, Asia and Africa to the route network at BER. Travellers benefit from daily direct flights to the Gulf region as well as seamless connections between the Condor and Etihad networks, for example to Bangkok in Thailand, Sydney in Australia and Hanoi in Vietnam.

“With the daily service between Berlin and Abu Dhabi, we are expanding our long-haul network with an important destination while further strengthening the international connectivity of the capital region. Together with our codeshare partner Etihad Airways, we are offering our guests not only an attractive direct connection to Abu Dhabi, but also seamless onward connections to numerous destinations in Asia, Australia and Africa. This close cooperation combines the strengths of both networks and opens up additional travel opportunities for both leisure and business travellers,” says Dr. Pierre Dominique Prümm, Chief Commercial Officer of Condor.

“We are very pleased to welcome Condor to Abu Dhabi and to strengthen our offering in the German market through this partnership. Our networks complement each other perfectly: together, we offer passengers in Berlin year-round daily flights to Abu Dhabi and convenient onward connections across Etihad’s entire network. This is a valuable addition to our offering in Germany, and we look forward to further expanding this partnership together,” says Lena Havia, Vice President Alliances & Joint Ventures, Etihad Airways.

“The new long-haul service to Abu Dhabi will further improve the international accessibility of the capital region. Via Etihad Airways’ hub, numerous additional travel and business opportunities to destinations in Asia and Australia are now available. This benefits both the people and businesses in Berlin and Brandenburg as well as international visitors to our region,” says Aletta von Massenbach, Chief Executive Officer of Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg GmbH.

Flight schedule in detail

The daily flights depart from BER at 4:40 p.m. and reach Abu Dhabi after six hours and 20 minutes of flying time at 1:00 a.m. the following day. In the opposite direction, Condor aircraft depart Abu Dhabi at 2:15 a.m. and land at BER at 7:15 a.m. after a seven-hour flight.

The current time difference between the capital region and Abu Dhabi is two hours and will increase to three hours when Germany switches to winter time on 25 October 2026. With the start of the winter flight schedule, the departure times of the outbound flights will change. Flights will then depart from BER at 10:00 a.m. and arrive in Abu Dhabi at 7:20 p.m. local time. The return flight will arrive at BER at 6:20 a.m. An Airbus A320neo with 180 seats will operate the route.