PLANE
Berlin has three airports - Tegel (TXL), Schönefeld (SXF) and Tempelhof (THF). Of these, Tegel and Schönefeld (served mostly by low-cost carriers) are the important ones, while Tempelhof - a relict from the pre-war era of small airplanes - only has a limited number of connections mainly by commuter planes.

Various airlines serve direct flight connections between Berlin and major German and European cities. Lufthansa, the domestic German airline, serves Tegel. However, it will be difficult to book a direct flight to Berlin from outside Europe. Most airlines will fly to the major hub airports such as Frankfurt and Munich and offer connecting flights to Berlin.

Berlin airports homepage www.berlin-airport.de

BUS
As with all major cities, many bus companies offer transport to Berlin.

TRAIN
The German train corporation Deutsche Bahn offers ICE connections between Berlin and other large German cities. If you arrive in Berlin on DB, you are entitled to use your ticket to travel by S-Bahn -- but not U-Bahn (the city subway system) -- to your destination, because the S-Bahn is a part of DB.