About this route
Route overview
The WAW -> BER inter-airport route is a long-distance business and transit connection: a Chopin arrival followed by a continuation out of Berlin Brandenburg to German business partners or onward via Lufthansa through Frankfurt/Munich to long-haul destinations (United, Singapore Airlines, ANA Tokyo). 580 km via the S8 to Lodz, the A2 to the Polish-German border at Swiecko and the German A12 to BER, 6 - 7 h off-peak. The PL/DE border sits inside Schengen so there is no passport check, but the route plan accounts for the different speed regimes on German autobahns. The bottlenecks are the PL/DE border and the BER ring road (A10 Berliner Ring) at rush hour. BER is a hub for Lufthansa, easyJet and Ryanair. The service runs 24/7, so we handle both early BER departures (Lufthansa to Frankfurt 6:30, easyJet to London 6:45) and overnight misconnects after long-haul Chopin delays. We recommend a 4 hour buffer before a European flight from BER and 5 hours for a long-haul connection via Frankfurt. The chauffeur pulls up at the Chopin departures terminal, monitors the schedule and delivers you to the correct BER terminal (T1 or T2 depending on the carrier). Mercedes E-Class for 1-3 passengers from EUR 1,950, V-Class for 4-6 with luggage from EUR 2,300.