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.
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airberlin and Czech Airlines launch codeshare agreement

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Go East: More than 85 weekly flights from Germany to PragueToday, airberlin, Germany’s second largest Airline and Czech Airlines, the flag carrier of Czech Republic...

airberlin to connect Dusseldorf with Toronto and Chicago from Summer 2018

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airberlin is continuing to grow and is set to expand its flight offers considerably in the summer of 2018. airberlin is planning the most...

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 ...

Trade union Verdi calls for a warning strike by ground handling for 8 February 2017 at Berlin, Hamburg, Stuttgart

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The German union Verdi has called for a warning strike by ground handling for Wednesday, 8 February 2017 at Berlin, Hamburg and Stuttgart airports. The...

Summer, Sun, Florida: airberlin offers four flights a week to Fort Myers starting in June

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airberlin is extending its offer to Fort Myers and will be adding a weekly flight to the sunny Florida destination, increasing flight frequency to...

Etihad Airways Partners (EAP) airlines support airberlin

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Members of the Etihad Airways Partners (EAP) group of airlines are cooperating with airberlin to help the airline overcome operational disruption.Significant flight cancellations at...

Germany’s second-largest airline airberlin collects several awards at the end of 2015

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“And the winner is airberlin”: The company pocketed three awards just this month in the United States. In a survey conducted among readers of...

Current status of the Air Berlin bidder negotiations

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•    Good job prospects for 80 % of airberliners potentially agreed with bidders •    Fair and structured investor procedureOn Monday 25 September 2017, the Supervisory...

airberlin starts co-operation with JetBlue; connecting to 31 destinations in the United States

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airberlin has a new, strong partner in the USA. Passengers will benefit from attractive transfer connections in the United States. Thanks to the new...

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...

Airlines must not charge cancellation fees, says European Court of Justice

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The European Court of Justice has said that airlines cannot levy additional charges if a consumer cancels a flight. German judges asked the court...

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 ...

Ryanair calls on Bundeskartellamt & EU Commission to block Lufthansa-Air Berlin take-over

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This should prevent a Lufthansa monopoly raising fares for German consumersRyanair on 30 August urged the German Bundeskartellamt and the EU Commission to block...

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...

airberlin maintains stable capacity utilization in February

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 In February 2016, airberlin was able to maintain virtually stable capacity utilization (RPK/ASK) compared to the corresponding month of the previous year and recorded...

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.

Germania statement regarding the Air Berlin state aid decision

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Germania has determined that its legal action with the German federal government has been finally determined and the matter has been resolved. This determination...

airberlin expands its tourist destinations from Dusseldorf: More flights to the Caribbean and increased capacity to Mallorca

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In future, airberlin will operate additional flights to highly-demanded touristic destinations from Dusseldorf. As of May 2016, airberlin increases the number of flights to...

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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