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: 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,...

airberlin hires 500 flight attendants in Berlin, Dusseldorf and Munich

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More than 500 new colleagues are being sought for airberlin's cabinsairberlin wants to reinforce its cabin crews and is organising casting calls for future...

Malaysia Airlines to lease six (former Air Berlin) Airbus 330-200

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Malaysia Airlines today provided further clarification on its fleet strategy, following its previous updates on the matter. Malaysia Airlines fleet strategy is a key component...

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...

Tegel expands again after decrease due to Air Berlin demise

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The passenger numbers at Tegel are now increasing again after numbers fell by 3.7 per cent year-on-year in 2017 to just under 20.5 million....

Eurowings will integrate Brussels Airlines by 2019

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At the ITB today, Eurowings' CEO Garnadt explained the schedule for the integration of Brussels Airlines. But for the branding there is still no...

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...

easyJet takes over 25 Air Berlin aircraft based at Berlin Tegel

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easyJet today signed an agreement with Air Berlin to acquire part of its operations at Berlin Tegel AirporteasyJet signed an agreement with...

Air Berlin files for insolvency as Etihad pulls funding plug

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Air Berlin filed for insolvency after leading shareholder Etihad Airways withdrew its financial support, marking the second failure of a major European airline in...

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...

airberlin launches far-reaching restructuring programme

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Third quarter impacted by measures to build the future: Far-reaching restructuring programme launchedIn a challenging market environment, airberlin recorded a 5 per cent decline...

airberlin starts off the spring with virtually stable capacity utilization

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Despite a capacity reduction of 5.7 percent in March 2016, airberlin's capacity utilization rate (RPK/ASK) showed only a slight decrease of 1 percentage point...

Air Serbia introduces travel options to seven new cities with major airberlin codeshare expansion

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Air Serbia, the national airline of the Republic of Serbia, is now offering travellers greater access to Europe following a major codeshare expansion with...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

New airberlin service to San Francisco takes off from Berlin-Tegel

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airberlin added its new non-stop connection from Berlin-Tegel to San Francisco. Flight AB7396 took off on 29 May at 9:40 am with about 200...
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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...

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