Berlin, 25 October 2019

German Airways flew the 1. FC Union Berlin football team to a Bundesliga away match in Munich for the first time on Friday. The "Eisern" team travelled to the Bavarian capital in a regional Q-400 aircraft operated by German Airways. There they will face the German record champions FC Bayern Munich on Saturday. German Airways will also fly the Berlin Bundesliga team to the match against SC Freiburg next week. The flights are part of a longer-term co-operation with the new Bundesliga team.

Elisabeth Jesse, CCO of the Zeitfracht Group, on the cooperation agreement with Union Berlin: "As a traditional Berlin company, we are delighted to be able to support the successful Union Berlin team as a cooperation partner in the current Bundesliga season." German Airways flies for various Bundesliga football clubs. VfL Wolfsburg, Fortuna Düsseldorf and Eintracht Frankfurt also rely on the airline's services.

German Airways wishes Union Berlin every success for the upcoming matches when, as the club's anthem says, "Victory in front of our eyes, looking far ahead; let's travel the nation together." German Airways, a member of the Zeitfracht Group, is one of Europe's leading providers of ACMI leasing and charter flights for regional jets.

About German Airways

The two airlines of the Zeitfracht Group, LGW and WDL, are marketed under the name German Airways.

About the ZEITFRACHT Group

The Zeitfracht Group is an owner-managed family business in its third generation with more than 3,000 employees and headquarters in Berlin and Leipzig. The company is primarily active in the three business areas of logistics, aviation and property.