Discover Germany from the air with PENNY helicopter flights

Cologne, 23.03.07

Twenty-minutes flight on board modern turbine helicopters at 99 euros per person

The Port of Hamburg, Nuremberg Castle, Wilhelmshöhe Palace, the Lüneburg Heath or the skyline of Frankfurt are only a few sights PENNY customers will be able to look at from the bird’s-eye view. From Monday (2 April) until Saturday (14 April), the around 2,000 PENNY outlets throughout Germany will sell 20-minutes helicopter sightseeing flights at a price of 99 euros per person, including all fees. From 5 May, the PENNY helicopters will lift off at 39 airports in 14 federal states (without the two city states of Hamburg and Bremen). Between four and six persons can join one flight on board the modern turbine helicopters of our Nuremberg-based cooperation partner, Euroheli Helicopter Services. Already in 2006, PENNY had offered very successfully helicopter sightseeing flights throughout Germany and sold about 5,000 flights.

The sales receipts for the sightseeing flights bear a PIN and need to be used up to 30 June 2007. Under the telephone hotline number 01805 95 45 20 (14 cent/minutes for calls made from the German fixed line network), PENNY customers can order tickets, check out the availability of desired dates and clarify further details from Monday to Friday (between 9 am and 6 pm). For customers who wish to give away flight tickets, PENNY offers a special service between 2 April and 28 April. During this time, tickets can be booked online at www.PENNY-blumengruss.de and be dispatched together with a bunch of flowers of one’s choice.

During the sightseeing flights, which usually take place between 8 am and sunset, passengers are allowed to take photographs. In case helicopters cannot lift off due to bad weather conditions, alternative flight dates will be offered. The tickets will remain valid until such alternative date.

For PENNY, the discount business is a permanent innovation and optimisation process aimed at setting new trends. PENNY offers its customers new services at the best possible cost effectiveness. As the first brand in the discount business, PENNY started already five years ago to equip its outlets with automatic backing machines that allow offering freshly backed rolls and breads several times a day. As the first discounter, PENNY introduced in its outlets fresh meat products in self-service quality. Two years ago, PENNY started to sell holidays trips of the well-known tour operator Tjaereborg through the internet. The discounter was very successful with the sales of flight tickets to destinations such as New York. As the first discounter, PENNY has been selling throughout Germany also newspapers and magazines since November 2005.

All flight dates and departure airports are available in the overview.

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REWE GROUP-Corporate Communications
Tel.: 0221 - 149-1050
E-Mail: presse(at)rewe-group.com

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