Murcia,San Javier airport will be devoid of yet another airline this winter.Air berlin has followed Ryanair in deciding that because of a lack of help from the Murcia government they will be suspending international connections with the airport from the summer of 2011.

Air Berlin has operated from Murcia Aiorport for 4 years and will be keeping its direct flight between San Javier  and Palma de Mallorca from November 1st until April 11 2011.It is expected to continue operating next winter´sconnections to 16 cities in Germany as well as Innsbruck and Linz in Austria and Basel in Switzerland.

A spokesperson for Air Berlin has said that the stance taken by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism is incomprehensible and that the government in Murcia obviously could not see the importance of these air links.

Last week it was Ryanair that cancelled flights from San Javier to British airports and for very similar reasons.