Air Berlin

Founded by Americans in 1978, Air Berlin initially operated holiday charter flights from West Berlin to Mediterranean vacation destinations. German reunification saw the airline rapidly expand, and Air Berlin became one of the largest European carriers.
Future plans and expansion hinged on eventually basing operations at Berlin’s new Brandenburg Airport, which was originally due to open in 2011 but suffered rolling delays and is now not expected to open, if at all, until 2020.
Air Berlin scaled back on operations over several years and, with sustained financial losses, finally flew its final flight in October 2017. Nearly immediately Lufthansa swooped in and purchased 81 of its aircraft and employed more than 3,000 former Air Berlin employees, with Easyjet also taking a smaller piece of the Air Berlin pie.

Daily from Berlin to Moscow – airberlin offers codeshare flights with S7 Airlines

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Travellers can once again book flights to Moscow with airberlin. The Russian oneworld© partner S7 Airlines will initially operate five flights a week from...

airberlin starts four new nonstop routes from Berlin-Tegel to Jersey, Jerez de la Frontera, Split and Dubrovnik

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Starting May, airberlin is expanding its route network from Berlin-Tegel to include four new European destinations in the summer schedule. One weekly non-stop service...

Video: Goodbye to Air Berlin long-haul flights, with go-around at DUS #AB7001

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Today the last Air Berlin long-haul flight ever made an intentional and spectacular go-around before landing at 8:02 in Dusseldorf.

airberlin adds more flights to Prague

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Four daily flights from Berlin, starting end of March 2017 Codeshare with Czech Airlines for the Dusseldorf – Prague routeStarting end of March...

airberlin responds to ground handling problems in Berlin-Tegel and postpones new US routes to California

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The continued ground handling problems at Berlin-Tegel Airport have prompted airberlin to make changes to the planned expansion of the USA connections from May...

Etihad Aviation Group and TUI Group in talks on aviation partnership in the touristic sector, together with airberlin

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Etihad Aviation Group and TUI Group in talks on aviation partnership in the touristic sectorEtihad Aviation Group and TUI AG today confirmed they are...

Two flights per day between Berlin and Sofia with airberlin and Bulgaria Air

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airberlin added a new year round flight between Berlin and Sofia. The flight leaves Berlin-Tegel every day at 15:05 pm and arrives in Sofia...

Etihad Airways loses airberlin codeshare on 31 flights and will appeal German court ruling

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Etihad has lost a court case in Germany over a codeshare agreement with airberlin on 31 flight routes. The court ruled that the routes...

AirBerlin can continue to codeshare with Etihad Airways

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Airberlin may continue to fly in a codeshare partnership with Etihad Airways until the end of the winter season on 26 of the 31 routes...

Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary comments on its future, Brexit, easyJet, Norwegian and bankrupt Air Berlin and Alitalia

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During a press conference held today (Thursday) Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary commented on Ryanair's future, bankrupt Air Berlin (Lufthansa) and Alitalia,  alcohol abuse, easyJet...

airberlin increases capacity utilization in April

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Despite the decline in tourist travel and the associated capacity reduction, airberlin was able to increase its capacity utilization in April by 0.7 percentage...

Finnair expands codeshare cooperation with airberlin

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Finnair is expanding its codeshare cooperation in Europe with fellow oneworld alliance member airberlin.Finnair’s AY designator will be added to selected services operated by...

Farewell to Air Berlin: A nostalgic round trip from Berlin

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On March 28, 2024, Air Berlin enthusiasts and aviation nostalgics will have the opportunity to bid a final farewell to Air Berlin—a farewell to...

IAG buys Niki for €20 million and will integrate it as a new Austrian Vueling subsidiary

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IAG, the parent company of British Airways, Iberia and Vueling, announced Friday evening the acquisition of Niki, the Austrian charter company subsidiary of the...

Former Formula 1 world champion Niki Lauda buys back the airline he founded

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Through his company Lauda Co, Niki Lauda, former Formula 1 world champion has won the sales process to buy back the airline he founded...

With its XL seats airberlin has the largest seat pitch of all airlines in transatlantic Economy Class

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airberlin sees very positive results from the introduction of additional XL seats on its long-haul fleet. In September 2015, Germany's second-largest airline started fitting...

Air Berlin long-haul shutting down completely from 15 October

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Airberlin will need to cease its long-haul flight operations by 15 October 2017, as the aircraft leasing companies are gradually withdrawing their Airbus A330...

European Commission approves Lufthansa’s acquisition of Air Berlin subsidiary LGW, to be integrated into Eurowings

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33 more aircraft (20 Q400s and 13 A320s) to be integrated into the Eurowings Group Eurowings to take over all LGW personnel Formal...

An Air Berlin Airbus A320 has ended up in the mud at Sylt airport

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This morning an Air Berlin Airbus A320 has overran the runway at the airport of Sylt (GWT)1. The aircraft registered D-ABHO took off Dusseldorf...

airberlin is off to a flying start: new destinations and more flights in Europe as of summer 2016

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Next summer airberlin will introduce new destinations as well as additional flights on existing European routes. airberlin will consolidate its presence at both the...

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