German Airfare Price Wars

Fare wars in Germany have led to some rather unconventional stoop-to-conquer discount ploys, including the sale of tickets through supermarkets and chain stores. After a lot of fierce downscale competition among discounters like Air Berlin (currently offering fares starting from £19 one way) and DBA (who distributed a half-million tickets for $60), big hund Lufthansa has been dragged into the fray -- they're selling 900,000 round-trip tickets for domestic routes in Germany for $119. With similar price wars broiling across Europe, it's getting quite easy to cobble together all kinds of extremely cheap and flexible itineraries for European touring.

German airlines descend into fare war [USA Today]
Air Berlin [Official site]
DBA [Official site]
Lufthansa [Official site]

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