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.

airberlin reduces capacity and increases load factor in September

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Germany's second-largest airline company, while reducing capacity by 3.2 percent, significantly increased its load factor in September by 1.5 percentage points to 88.1 percent...

German TUIfly cancels all Friday flights as flight crew calls in sick

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German carrier TUIfly has cancelled nearly all of its Friday flights as flight crew called in sick "on short notice".around 9000 passengers affected ...

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...

Lufthansa signs letter of intent on wet-lease collaboration between Eurowings and Air Berlin

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Negotiations on wet lease agreement of up to 40 Air Berlin aircraft for Eurowings and Austrian Airlines from the start of the 2017 summer...

Air Berlin unveils restructuring plans

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Air Berlin has unveiled a far-reaching restructuring of its business to deliver long-term growth. The restructuring plan has three main focus areas:•    Air Berlin will...
Brussels Airlines Airbus A330 ... with spotters, coypright Hadrien Van Steenbergh

D-day voor Brussels Airlines

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De Duitse luchtvaartmaatschappij Lufthansa beslist woensdag of ze Brussels Airlines volledig overneemt. Maar de meerderheid van de Belgische aandeelhouders staan niet achter het overnameplan. Het...

New Business Class on European flights of airberlin flights from October 4, 2016

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Available for booking now: the new Business Class on Europe flights The new service class – on board airberlin flights from October 4, 2016 The new...

airberlin is growing in Switzerland: new flights from Dusseldorf to Geneva, more flights to Zurich

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On 14 November 2016, an airberlin flight will head from Dusseldorf to Geneva for the first time. airberlin will connect Dusseldorf with the second...

airberlin traffic figures August: 5.6% less passengers

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In August, airberlin recorded a capacity utilization decrease of 2.0 percentage points, to 88.9 percent, in a challenging market environment. Capacity was reduced by...

New this winter: non-stop from Dusseldorf to Reykjavik with airberlin

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Only German airline with an all-year-round service to Iceland ? Iceland is booming – and not just since the European Football Championship! Due to the...

airberlin’s second quarter results reflect adverse geopolitical climate in Europe

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Capacity reduced by 3.7 per cent due to geopolitical events, particularly in European leisure markets Cost restructuring resulted in 3.3 per cent unit...

airberlin significantly increases capacity utilization in the vacation month of July

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Despite a capacity reduction of 2.4 percent, airberlin increased its capacity utilization rate for the vacation month of July by 1.6 percentage points to...

airberlin premieres Business Class on European services

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More comfort, generous legroom, and restaurant-like service on board the new Europe Business Class Welcome to airbistro – a new food concept on...

Up to 50 per cent more airberlin flights to the USA as of summer 2017

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New: Dusseldorf – Orlando five weekly flights New: Berlin-Tegel – San Francisco four weekly flights Berlin-Tegel – Los Angeles three weekly flights ...

airberlin introduces its first stopover programme in Abu Dhabi

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2 for 1 – twice the fun on long-haul flights Attracting an increasing numbers of holidaymakers each year, Abu Dhabi is always worth a visit....

Majorca’s No. 1 airline airberlin flies a new record of 500 weekly non-stop flights again this summer

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This summer, airberlin flies more often than ever before to its top destination, Majorca. airberlin will connect 23 departure airports in Germany, Austria and...

airberlin registers stable capacity utilisation and slight decrease in number of passengers in June

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  airberlin kicks off the summer with a stable capacity utilisation development While capacity was reduced by 2.4 percent, Germany's second-largest airline company recorded merely a...

airberlin: slightly lower capacity utilization, 4.1% less passengers in May

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Virtually constant capacity utilization development for 2016 In May 2016, Germany's second-largest airline company recorded only a minor capacity utilization decrease of 0.9 percentage points,...

Booming demand: everyone wants to fly airberlin to Cuba

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• New airberlin flights to Havana• Even more services to VaraderoObama, the Rolling Stones and Karl Lagerfeld have led the way – Cuba...

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...

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