Air Berlin announced yesterday the launching of a new weekly flight from Nuremburg to Ponta Delgada in the Açores beginning November 3rd, 2008.
This will be the first direct link between the archipelago and Germany.
More info here (in Portuguese):
http://www.lowcostportugal.net/aeroportos/voos-air-berlin-para-ponta-delgada-comecam-a-3-de-novembro/2008/06/
