Air Berlin News
18-Oct-2010
GERMANY :
airberlin is starting a new direct service to Switzerland.
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12-Oct-2010
GERMANY :
Johannes Zurnieden (60), Chairman of the Board of Directors at Air Berlin PLC Holding, will be stepping down on 31.12.2010. Dr. Hans-Joachim Körber (64), a current board member, has been appointed as his successor.
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06-Sep-2010
GERMANY :
Germany’s second largest airline is again taking on more cabin crew.
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19-Aug-2010
GERMANY :
Oasis Travels LLc has been nominated Passenger General Sales Agent for the Air Berlin Goup for the United Arab Emirates and Oman. Oasis Travels LLc is a company fully owned by the Sharaf Group of companies.
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10-Aug-2010
GERMANY :
The second largest German airline is offering several new services to attractive destinations in Italy, Spain and Austria this winter.
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06-Aug-2010
GERMANY :
In July 2010, Air Berlin, Germany's second-largest airline company, welcomed 3,700,971 passengers on board, i.e. an increase of 6.4 percent (July 2009: 3,479,401 passengers, including those traveling on the acquired NIKI and TUIfly routes).
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30-Jun-2010
GERMANY :
The second largest German airline is offering a new snow destination this winter: Arvidsjaur in Sweden.
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09-Mar-2010
GERMANY :
Air Berlin is adding one more attractive destination in the Middle East to its route network from the airport of Düsseldorf.
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08-Mar-2010
GERMANY :
Direct flights from Berlin, Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf and Munich - Business Class now also available
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07-Jan-2010
GERMANY :
SR Technics and Air Berlin have signed a ten-year engine maintenance contract. The contract covers a significant part of the engines on Air Berlin’s fleet of about 55 Airbus A320 Family, 13 Airbus A330 and about 55 Boeing 737 Next-Generation aircraft.
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03-Nov-2009
GERMANY :
Yesterday 268 Air Berlin passengers boarded an Airbus A330-200 for the first non-stop flight from Berlin to Phuket.
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30-Oct-2009
GERMANY :
Air Berlin, Germany’s second largest airline, will be flying to Romania for the first time in summer 2010. From 18th May 2010 a non-stop flight will take off from Munich every Tuesday and head for Romania’s Black Sea coast.
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08-Sep-2009
GERMANY :
In August 2009, Air Berlin, Germany's second-largest airline company, was able to increase revenue per available seat kilometer by 12 percent to 6.21 Eurocents (08/2009: 5.55 Eurocents).
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09-Jun-2009
GERMANY :
The management team of the Air Berlin Group has been augmented by Christoph Debus joining the company on 1-Jun-2009. Managerial responsibilities are being adjusted to reflect the important operating business of Air Berlin PLC & Co. Luftverkehrs KG.
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05-Jun-2009
GERMANY :
Air Berlin, Germany's second-largest airline company, increased its revenue per available seat kilometer to 5.80 Eurocents (05/2008: 5.31 Eurocents), i.e. an increase of 9.3 percent. The number of passengers transported was 7.7 percent lower than in the corresponding month of the previous year, decreasing to 2,507,227 passengers (May 2008: 2,716,646), in part due to a targeted capacity reduction of 3.1 percent. Fleet capacity utilization declined by 3.8 percentage points to 77 percent.
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28-May-2009
GERMANY :
Improved management and higher-quality client mix Profit eases by 27.3 percentDespite the impact of the economic and financial crisis, Air Berlin's profit and revenue for the first quarter of 2009 came in according to plan. The number of passengers transported decreased to 5.5 million, i.e. a 6.2 percent drop, a figure that bested the branch average. For the first quarter of 2009, seasonal operating loss (EBIT) reached minus EUR 87.3 million (Q1 2008: minus EUR 68.6 million).
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21-May-2009
GERMANY :
Germany's second largest airline is expanding its route network and will be flying from Israel to Berlin for the first time this summer. From 7-Jul-2009 onwards, Air Berlin passengers will have a choice of two non-stop flights a week from Tel Aviv to Berlin.
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05-May-2009
GERMANY :
Two reasons to celebrate at the airport of Düsseldorf: Official opening of North Rhine-Westphalia's biggest hangar and 30th anniversary of Air Berlin; air traffic is one important economic factor for North Rhine-Westphalia
El Aeropuerto de Dusseldorf está de festejo por dos razones: la inauguración oficial del mayor hangar de North Rhine-Westphalia; y el 30 aniversario de Air Berlin. El tráfico de pasajeros supone un importante factor económico para North Rhine-Westphalia.
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29-Apr-2009
GERMANY :
Germany’s second largest airline will be setting up a Corporate Users Advisory Council in May-2009. The declared objective is to be able to offer a more effective and flexible response to immediate market conditions. The Council’s key task consists in monitoring the development of the business travel sector and to ensure further improvement for Air Berlin in terms of how the interests and requirements of the market are realised.
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29-Apr-2009
GERMANY :
The Federal Cartel Office in Bonn has notified Air Berlin PLC & Co Luftverkehrs KG that it has no objections to the Turkish company ESAS Holding AS acquiring a stake in the airline.
Las autoridades de la Federal Cartel Office en Bonn, Alemania, acaban de aprobar la adquisición en la participación de la compañía turca ESAS Holding AS por parte de Air Berlin PLC & Co Luftverkehrs KG.
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27-Apr-2009
GERMANY :
24-Apr-09 Air Berlin landed at Oslo Airport for its first departure for Berlin-Tegel. The route will have six weekly departures, Monday through Friday and Sunday. Air Berlin will use the A319 aircraft on the route.
El pasado 24 de abril, Air Berlin aterrizó por primera vez al Aeropuerto de Oslo desde Berlin-Tegel. Este servicio, operado con un A319, ofrecerá seis vuelos semanales de lunes a viernes así como los domingos.
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09-Apr-2009
GERMANY :
Christoph Debus, 38 years old, will be joining the Board of Executive Directors of Air Berlin PLC on 01-Jun-09. He will take over responsibility for sales, network and IT. CEO of Air Berlin PLC, Joachim Hunold, said, We are pleased to have gained a proven aviation expert in Christoph Debus.”
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08-Apr-2009
GERMANY :
In Mar-2009, Air Berlin, Germany's second largest airline company, was able to increase its revenue per available seat kilometer to 5.45 Eurocents, ie an increase of 4.2% (03/2008: 5.23 Eurocents). Although capacity was only reduced by 0.8% in comparison to March of the previous year, the number of passengers transported decreased by 5.6% to 2,053,960 passengers (03/2008: 2,175,427).
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31-Mar-2009
GERMANY :
Turkish ESAS Holding AS adquiere 15.3% de Air Berlin
Air Berlin PLC has reached its goals for the past business year: Consolidation took place, turnover increased and fleet capacity utilization improved. Furthermore, the airline company announced that the Turkish ESAS Holding AS has acquired 15.3% of the company's shares.
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31-Mar-2009
GERMANY :
Despite the difficult conditions for the aviation industry the Air Berlin PLC has achieved an operational result (EBIT) of EUR14.2 million in the financial year 2008.
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30-Mar-2009
GERMANY :
Air Berlin PLC has been informed on 29-Mar-09 that ESAS Holding AS which, inter alia, operates the airline Pegasus has executed a share purchase agreement with UBS AG on 28-Mar-09 which provides for the acquisition of around 15.3% of the voting shares in Air Berlin PLC.
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30-Mar-2009
GERMANY :
On 29-Mar-09, Air Berlin PLC was informed that the Turkish ESAS Holding AS which, inter alia, operates Pegasus Airlines, on 28-Mar-09, concluded a share purchase agreement for the acquisition of approximately 15% of the voting shares of Air Berlin PLC.
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30-Mar-2009
GERMANY :
TUI Travel PLC and Air Berlin PLC are to enter into a long-term strategic partnership for their German flight business. A corresponding agreement was signed 28-Mar-09. The agreement is based on a cross ownership in which TUI Travel PLC through a subsidiary, will have an interest of 19.9% in Air Berlin PLC and vice versa Air Berlin PLC will hold 19.9% of Hapag-Lloyd Fluggesellschaft mbH/TUIfly.
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24-Mar-2009
GERMANY :
Air Berlin aumenta sus servicios entre el sudoeste de Florida y Dusseldorf
Air Berlin is increasing service between Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW) and Düsseldorf (DUS) in time for the busy summer travel season. Germany’s second largest airline will offer four weekly flights to RSW effective 28-Jun-09.
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12-Mar-2009
GERMANY :
Air Berlin announced (11-Mar-09) it has completely revised its topbonus frequent flyer scheme. From 01-Apr-09 topbonus members will collect up to 300% more status and award miles on flights with Air Berlin and NIKI.
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12-Mar-2009
GERMANY :
Air Berlin announced (11-Mar-09) it is expanding its route network. The three new destinations incorporated in the winter timetable 2008/09, Ponta Delgada in the Azores, Ciudad Real - La Mancha in Central Spain, and Cyprus, will be joined by six further additions: the Channel Island of Jersey, Krakow in Poland, the Norwegian capital Oslo, Rijeka and Split in Croatia, and Venice, the lagoon city.
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09-Mar-2009
GERMANY :
Air Berlin has completely revised its topbonus frequent flyer scheme. From 01-Apr-09 topbonus members will collect up to 300% more status and award miles on flights with Air Berlin and NIKI. The entry level to the airline’s frequent flyer scheme is the topbonus Card Classic. The award miles collected can be redeemed for free flights worldwide or for an upgrade to Business Class. The monthly bargain tickets are new. These are special offers that allow topbonus members to book an award flight from just 3,000 miles on ten selected routes.
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06-Mar-2009
GERMANY :
Air Berlin was able to increase its revenue per available seat kilometre for Feb-09, with revenue rising by 12% to 5.28 Eurocents. In comparison with the corresponding month of the previous year, the number of passengers transported decreased from 1,874,177 to 1,714,240 (-8.5%), in part due to a capacity reduction of 6.3%.
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20-Feb-2009
GERMANY :
Air Berlin stated (19-Feb-09) it is recruiting more cabin crew. A total of 300 to 400 flight attendants are sought for several stations in Germany, including Berlin, Düsseldorf, Münster/Osnabrück and Nuremberg, to take up their duties in Summer 2009.
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18-Feb-2009
GERMANY :
Air Berlin announced (16-Feb-09) plans to operate a new route from Berlin-Tegel to Kracow in Summer 2009. In addition to the route network, Air Berlin will also launch non-stop flights from Berlin-Tegel to Oslo, the capital of Norway. This is the first time that Air Berlin will be serving the Norwegian market.
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17-Feb-2009
GERMANY :
The board of executive directors and top managers of Air Berlin will forgo 50% of their bonus entitlements for the financial year 2008. In doing so, they are making a total contribution of EUR2 million to the Jump package of measures initiated in Spring 2008.
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16-Feb-2009
GERMANY :
Air Berlin announced (13-Feb-09) plans to fly non-stop to Hanover from Stockholm-Arlanda from 20-Apr-09. There will be four flights each way per week using its Airbus 319 aircraft seating 144 passengers.
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13-Feb-2009
GERMANY :
Air Berlin and Lufthansa Systems announced (12-Feb-09) that it has expanded its successful cooperation with the Air Berlin Group. Following a three-month implementation phase, the airlines in the Air Berlin Group are now flying with the Lido eRouteManual electronic navigation charts.
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06-Feb-2009
GERMANY :
In Jan-09, Air Berlin reported a double-digit increase in its revenue per available seat kilometer (Yield per ASK). Compared to the corresponding month of the previous year, revenue per available seat kilometer increased 23%. Fleet capacity utilisation improved by 0.3 percentage points to reach 69.4% (2008: 69.1%).
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05-Feb-2009
GERMANY :
Air Berlin is offering two new routes as soon as its Summer timetable comes into effect. From 01-May-09 the carrier will be flying from Hanover to Stockholm for the first time and re-launching its service between Stuttgart and Nice.
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03-Feb-2009
GERMANY :
Air Berlin will be using a new software system to optimise approach and landing phases, thereby saving fuel as well as reducing emissions and noise. The new SafeRoute system is based on ADS-B technology (Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast) and helps to adjust the speed of incoming aircraft during their approach phase to maintain the optimum distance between aircraft even at high density airports.
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23-Jan-2009
GERMANY :
Air Berlin announced (22-Jan-09) to reduce its fuel surcharge. From 27-Jan-09, Air Berlin will be charging up to EUR15 less in fuel surcharge per flight. On domestic German and European intercity flights the surcharge per flight will be reduced by EUR5 to EUR20.
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19-Jan-2009
GERMANY :
Air Berlin is the first airline in Europe that will be carrying out CAT III-B approaches with its Boeing 737NG aircraft. This means that from now on landings will be possible when visibility in fog is down to just 75m.
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08-Jan-2009
GERMANY :
In 2008, Air Berlin welcomed a total of 28,559,220 passengers on board, 1% more than in the previous year (2007: 28,272,967). Fleet capacity utilisation over the Jan-08 to Dec-08 period improved to 78.4%.
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08-Jan-2009
GERMANY :
With effect from 01-Jan-09 Air Berlin is the exclusive airline partner for Danish public servants flying from Copenhagen to Berlin and Düsseldorf. Under this co-operation agreement, Air Berlin is offering its fares from EUR 29/DKK 199, as well as a discount on its flex fares. The contracts primarily cover those working for one of the 19 Danish ministries.
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23-Dec-2008
GERMANY :
On 01-Jan-09 Matthias von Randow (49), the former Secretary of State at the Federal Ministry for Transport, Construction and Urban Development, will join Air Berlin as Director Global Traffic Rights & Political Affairs. Joachim Hunold, the airline’s CEO commented, We are pleased to have appointed such an outstanding expert for this responsible task.
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17-Dec-2008
GERMANY :
Air Berlin and NIKI have concluded (16-Dec-08) a co-operation agreement with Opera Ro-mana Pellegrinaggi (ORP) to promote the sales of its Rome flights during the Pauline Year.
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09-Dec-2008
GERMANY :
Air Berlin announced (08-Dec-08) over the period from Jan-08 to Nov-08, the carrier transported a total of 26,752,602 passengers, 1.5% more than in the corresponding period of the previous year (2007: 26,363,830).
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04-Dec-2008
GERMANY :
Air Berlin won the World Travel Award category of “World’s Leading Budget Airline” for the second year. Other nominees included Easyjet, and JetBlue Airways from the US. Air Berlin’s CEO, Joachim Hunold, commented: The fact that the World Travel Award’s international panel of judges have once again chosen Air Berlin as best in category reflects our full-service offering, efficiency levels and comfort on-board.
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28-Nov-2008
GERMANY :
Air Berlin announced (27-Nov-08) increase in operating income by 57% over the corresponding quarter of the previous year. Net profit increased by 43.2%. This was the first quarter ever, in which turnover exceeded EUR 1 billion.
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27-Nov-2008
GERMANY :
Air Berlin picked up the ‘Best Low Cost Airline’ prize in the Telegraph Travel Awards held at The Honourable Artillery Company in London. Results this year were collated from the responses of more than 25,000 readers.
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24-Nov-2008
GERMANY :
Air Berlin announced to be the official airline sponsor of Winter Wonderland taking place in London's Hyde Park from 22-Nov-08 to 04-Jan-09. Air Berlin offers routes to the Christmas markets in Germany in Dusseldorf (20-Nov to 27-Dec), Hanover (27-Nov to 22-Dec), Munster/Osnabruck (24-Nov to 23-Dec), Nuremberg (28-Nov to 24-Dec) and Paderborn (26-Nov to 23-Dec).
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21-Nov-2008
GERMANY :
Air Berlin has further strengthened its market position at the airport of Palma de Mallorca as it was the only airline that continued to achieve growth in the month of Oct-08. In the period from Jan-08 to Oct-08 more than 5.7 million passengers flew Air Berlin from and to Palma.
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19-Nov-2008
GERMANY :
Hans-Christoph Noack (54), previously responsible for the management column in the financial pages of the German newspaper F.A.Z. (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung), has been appointed as Communications Director of Air Berlin PLC with effect from 01-Jan-09.
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17-Nov-2008
GERMANY :
With effect from 15-Nov-08 Air Berlin has cancelled all flight contracts for the scheduled service of its subsidiary, dba. The six aircraft still being operated by dba will only be used on an ad hoc basis. The scheduled service will be carried out by aircraft and crews of Air Berlin, the parent company.
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12-Nov-2008
GERMANY :
On 01-May-09, Air Berlin is to expand its flight services out of Finland by starting direct flights from Helsinki to Hamburg. The service will operate six days a week from Monday to Saturday, departing Helsinki-Vantaa at 13.40.
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12-Nov-2008
GERMANY :
Air Berlin announced to offer UK passengers long haul flights from Stansted for the first time. New long haul connections started (07-Nov-08) service from via Dusseldorf, just over one hour flight time from London Stansted.
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11-Nov-2008
GERMANY :
With effect from the next summer flight schedule 2009, Air Berlin will for the first time be flying to Jersey. The flights to Jersey are available in the Internet and at travel agents from 11-Nov-08. The summer flight schedule for Jersey begins on 16-May-09 and ends on 12-Sep-09.
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10-Nov-2008
GERMANY :
Over the period from Jan-08 to Oct-08, Air Berlin transported a total of 24,810,294 passengers, 2.1% more than in the corresponding period of the previous year (2007: 24,308,820 passengers). Fleet capacity utilisation for the first ten months of the year rose from 78.1 to 79.3%.
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05-Nov-2008
GERMANY :
Air Berlin is extending its range of long-haul flights from Dusseldorf to North America. The airline will again be operating daily flights to New York, as well as three flights a week to Los Angeles during the summer schedule 2009. Air Berlin had temporarily suspended these connections in its winter timetable.
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04-Nov-2008
GERMANY :
On 01-May-09 Air Berlin will start its first service to Venice, thereby further increasing its Italian routes. Air Berlin is the only airline that will be offering one non-stop flight a day to this city in northern Italy from Dusseldorf from Mondays to Saturdays.
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03-Nov-2008
GERMANY :
Air Berlin will launch a fourth daily service from Stansted to Dusseldorf. The new flight is already bookable and complements Air Berlin’s existing three daily services between London and the German metropolis on the river Rhine.
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31-Oct-2008
GERMANY :
Air Berlin is planning to discontinue dba’s flight operations from 30-Nov-08. The 120 pilots and 175 flight attendants are to be offered comparable jobs within the group and at their current locations. A redundancy scheme is being prepared for those dba employees who do not want to accept such offers.
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16-Oct-2008
GERMANY :
All Air Berlin and NIKI flights from Germany and Austria to the Spanish mainland, as well as to Portugal, can be booked now for summer 2009. The entire summer services for Spain and Portugal, including all connecting flights to and via Palma de Mallorca, will be available to Air Berlin customers from 29-Oct-08.
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08-Oct-2008
GERMANY :
Over the first nine months of 2008, Air Berlin transported 2.9% more passengers than in the corresponding period of the previous year. From Jan-08 to Sep-08, 22,107,115 passengers flew Air Berlin.
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12-Sep-2008
GERMANY :
Air Berlin flights to Sylt during the coming winter season are now available for booking. From 01-Nov-08 there will be one non-stop flight a day from Berlin and Düsseldorf to the North Sea island of Sylt.
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08-Sep-2008
GERMANY :
Over the period from Jan-08 to Aug-08, Air Berlin welcomed 19,252,837 passengers on board, i.e. 3.9% more than in the corresponding period of the previous year (2007: 18,535,693 passengers).
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29-Aug-2008
GERMANY :
The 2008 interim results of Air Berlin PLC have improved in comparison with the corresponding period of the previous year. Fleet capacity utilisation as well as revenue per available flight kilometre have increased.
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19-Aug-2008
GERMANY :
Detlef Altmann (53) will be starting his new job as Air Berlin’s sales director on 19-Aug-08. Originally from the city of Essen, he is taking over from Carsten Kröger (41), who is starting up in business on his own at the end of the year.
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07-Aug-2008
GERMANY :
Over the first seven months of 2008, Air Berlin transported 5.1% more passengers than in the corresponding period of the previous year.
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04-Aug-2008
GERMANY :
(XFN-ASIA) Air Berlin plc chief executive Joachim Hunold said the airline's savings programme is starting to bear fruit and indicated there could be further price increases, according to an interview in Welt am Sonntag.
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29-Jul-2008
GERMANY :
(XFN-ASIA) Air Berlin plc may have to reduce its fleet by a greater number than it had planned for the end of this year, chief executive Joachim Huld said in an interview with weekly WirtschaftsWoche.
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24-Jul-2008
GERMANY :
Passengers booking a Business Class flight to Bangkok on Air Berlin by 30-Aug-08 can use the free limousine transfer into the city.
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16-Jul-2008
GERMANY :
Frequent flyers on Air Berlin can earn double miles on their flights to Milan Malpensa between now and 15-Aug-08. Passengers from Berlin-Tegel, Düsseldorf and Vienna will earn twice the regular number of topbonus miles for the booked fare on direct flights to Milan Malpensa.
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15-Jul-2008
GERMANY :
Air Berlin is developing its domestic Spanish route network even further in time for the 2008/09 winter schedule. From Jul-08 Air Berlin passengers have been able to choose from 70 Spanish domestic flights in the coming winter which represents an increase of almost 400% in comparison with the previous year.
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15-Jul-2008
GERMANY :
Air Berlin has received consent from the Federal Air Transport Authority to carry out test flights for the satellite-supported approach navigation system GBAS (Ground Based Augmentation System).
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14-Jul-2008
GERMANY :
Air Berlin PLC and Thomas Cook Group PLC informed the German Federal Cartel Office about the withdrawal of the application to acquire Condor Flugdienst GmbH by Air Berlin.
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11-Jul-2008
GERMANY :
Air Berlin Lufthansa Systems announced that Air Berlin and its subsidiary airline LTU recently standardised their flight planning using the Lido Operations Center.
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08-Jul-2008
GERMANY :
In Jun-08, a total of 2,704,655 passengers travelled on Air Berlin (06/2007: 2,706,088 passengers). At 80.9 %, fleet capacity utilization was 0.7 % points higher than in the corresponding month of the previous year (06/2007: 80.2 %).
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07-Jul-2008
GERMANY :
From 3-Nov-08 Air Berlin will be flying to Cyprus. Every Monday Air Berlin passengers from Germany and Aus-tria will be able to travel via Nuremberg to the destination air-port of Paphos in the south-west of the island
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01-Jul-2008
GERMANY :
Passengers who book their flight online at airberlin.com can take advantage of the special offers from Air Berlin Premium Partners.
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25-Jun-2008
GERMANY :
Carsten Kröger, Sales Director at Air Berlin since 2001, announced he will be leaving the airline on 31-Dec-08 to start his own business. In equal partnership with Peter Merscher, Carsten Kröger will be running International Carrier Consult from his residence in Hanover. The new company will be acting as general sales agent for foreign airlines in the German-speaking area.
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20-Jun-2008
GERMANY :
Air Berlin flights to the Canaries and Madeira in the coming Winter 2008/09 have now been released for booking. Air Berlin passengers can get to Canaries and Madeira either by flying non-stop from Germany (Berlin, Bremen, Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Dresden, Erfurt, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hanover, Cologne-Bonn, Leipzig-Halle, Munich, Nuremberg, Paderborn-Lippstadt. Münster-Osnabrück) and Austria (Salzburg and Vienna) or via feeder flights using the Nuremberg hub. Air Berlin’s Winter timetable starts on 01-Nov-08 and ends on 30-Apr-09.
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19-Jun-2008
GERMANY :
In order to absorb part of the increased fuel cost, Air Berlin Plc has designed a cost reduction package to be implemented at the start of the Winter flight schedule. The programme comprises capacity reductions as well as organisational measures. Instead of having 134 aircraft in service, as originally planned, only 120 are to remain in service at the end of the year.
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19-Jun-2008
GERMANY :
Air Berlin announced it will be operating non-stop flights to the Azores for the first time starting with the Winter schedule 2008/09. From 03-Nov-08, a weekly Air Berlin flight to the Azores will take off every Monday via Nuremberg. Feeder flights to Nuremberg are available from 12 German cities (Berlin, Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Dresden, Erfurt, Frankfurt, Leipzig-Halle, Hamburg, Hanover, Cologne-Bonn, Münster-Osnabrück, Paderborn) and also from Vienna. Passengers will arrive in the capital of the Azores, Ponta Delgada, on São Miguel. Air Berlin is the only German airline that operates non-stop flights to the Azores.
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19-Jun-2008
GERMANY :
Air Berlin announced that, Stefan Magiera, is the Bangkok-based general manager running the activities of the Air Berlin Group (including LTU and Belair) in Thailand. In this newly created post, Magiera will report directly to Thorsten Scherzer, Divisional Director for Sales Management at Air Berlin. Stefan Magiera possesses extensive experience in the tourist industry. The companies for which he has worked for in the past includ Hapag-Lloyd Business Travel and Düsseldorf Airport, as well as Lufthansa and Lufthansa CityLine. From 2004 to 2006, Magiera was Head of Corporate Sales at Air Berlin and responsible for the corporate accounts sector. His most recent job was as Head of the sales team at Germanwings.
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18-Jun-2008
GERMANY :
(XFN Asia) Shares in Air Berlin Plc were 3.73% higher at EUR6.12 per share in pre-bourse trade as dealers pointed to a newswire report that said Air Berlin will soon introduce a new cost-cutting programme.
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17-Jun-2008
GERMANY :
Southwest Florida International Airport is offering passengers easier access to Europe this Summer with the help of Air Berlin. Air Berlin, which recently acquired LTU, resumed its twice-weekly non-stop service to Munich, Germany, from Southwest Florida International Airport in May-08. A third weekly non-stop flight to Düsseldorf will be added to Air Berlin’s schedule on 24-Jun-08. These flights offer passengers more flexibility and the ability to connect to major European travel destinations, including Berlin, Hamburg, Vienna, Zurich and London.
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16-Jun-2008
GERMANY :
Due to the steep rise in the price of oil, Air Berlin will be increasing the fuel surcharge for new bookings from 16-Jun-08. On German domestic routes and flights between European cities, the surcharge will be increased from EUR22 to EUR25 one way, and from EUR32 to EUR35 on medium-haul tourist routes. On flights to Egypt, Madeira and the Canaries, the surcharge will be increased from EUR40 to EUR45, and from EUR85 to EUR95 on long-haul routes. The last increase in the fuel surcharge was implemented on 16-May-08.
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13-Jun-2008
GERMANY :
Air Berlin’s services too Russia for the coming Winter season of 2008/2009 have been made available for booking by the carrier from 12-Jun-08. A Saturday flight will be added to the route from Berlin to Moscow when the winter timetable comes into operation. This means that there will be a daily non-stop flight from Berlin-Tegel to Moscow in the winter. From Düsseldorf and Munich there will be a service six times a week (every day except for Saturday or Sunday respectively) to Moscow-Domodedovo airport. Air Berlin also operates daily non-stop flights from Berlin-Tegel to St. Petersburg.
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10-Jun-2008
GERMANY :
Air Berlin reported May 2008 traffic with a total of 2.7 million passengers transported by the Air Berlin Group, a 4.6% increase year-on-year. Fleet capacity utilisation improved by 3.3 ppts to reach 80.8%. For the first five months of 2008, the accumulated number of passengers travelling on Air Berlin totalled 10,8 million, an increase of 8.3%. For the period from January to May 2008, capacity utilisation improved by 3.8 ppts to reach 76.2%.
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10-Jun-2008
GERMANY :
Air Berlin announced it will be doubling its direct flights to Copenhagen and Helsinki when its new Winter schedule comes into operation. From Nov-08 onwards, there will be a morning and evening flight to Copenhagen and Helsinki from Berlin on weekdays. At weekends there will be one flight a day. While the capacity from Berlin-Tegel to Copenhagen is being increased, the number of flights available from Düsseldorf to Helsinki will be doubled.
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30-May-2008
GERMANY :
Air Berlin announced (29-May-08) it has embarked on a “stringent price and cost optimisation programme” for the remainder of 2008.
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28-May-2008
GERMANY :
Air Berlin announced (27-May-08) plans to reduce Duesseldorf-Shanghai frequency from five to three times weekly, effective late Jun-08.
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28-May-2008
GERMANY :
Air Berlin is reducing the number of its flights between Düsseldorf and Shanghai from the end of June. From July onwards there will only be three flights a week, rather than five. The outbound flights will operate on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, the inbound flights on Wednesdays, Fridays and Mondays.
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26-May-2008
GERMANY :
(XFN Asia) Air Berlin Plc. stated it sold LTU plus, a service centre that was part of its holiday airline LTU, to focus on its core business of operating flights. LTU was sold to MIC GmbH, owned by Juergen Marbach, and to Intro Aviation GmbH, controlled by Rudolf Woehrl. No financial details were disclosed. Both Marbach and Woehrl are former shareholders of LTU, which was taken over by Air Berlin last year. LTU plus will continue to provide services to Air Berlin for at least two years.
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22-May-2008
GERMANY :
(XFN Asia) Air Berlin Plc stated that the German cartel office has again extended the deadline for its review of Air Berlin’s planned acquisition of low cost carrier, Condor, from Thomas Cook by two months until 11-Aug-08.
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07-May-2008
GERMANY :
Gate Gourmet has agreed to purchase airline catering units in five German cities from Air Berlin and SCK Sky Catering Kitchen. In addition, Air Berlin has agreed to a new long-term catering contract with Gate Gourmet in Germany and the rest of Europe.
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01-May-2008
GERMANY :
Air Berlin launched its long-haul routes to China on 01-May-08, with five flights a week from Düsseldorf to the Chinese cities of Beijing and Shanghai. Air Berlin will offer connecting flights from Germany - including from Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Nuremberg and Stuttgart, Switzerland from Zurich and Austria from Vienna, to both destinations. Air Berlin will operate the routes with Airbus A330s equipment.
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29-Apr-2008
GERMANY :
Just as the airports in Berlin are being consolidation following the weekend referendum, airberlin confirmed this week that it remains determined to acquire a 75% shareholding in Condor in Feb-09, and the remaining 25% in 2010.
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28-Apr-2008
GERMANY :
Air Berlin stated it remains determined to acquire a 75% stake in Condor in February next year and the remaining 25% in the following year. The company also denied a report that Air Berlin was intent on provoking the Federal Cartel Office into rejecting the application currently under scrutiny by its lack of co-operation. Air Berlin added that any rejection of the takeover bid will not be taken lying down.
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17-Apr-2008
GERMANY :
Air Berlin announced it will offer passengers the ability to checkin for their flight or reserve a seat via their mobiles. The MMS check-in facility means that travellers can choose to have their boarding pass sent directly to their mobile. The MMS contains a bar code that is scanned in from the mobile phone at the gate, together with all the important passenger information, such as name and flight number.
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17-Apr-2008
GERMANY :
Air Berlin, in conjunction with its co-operation partner, LG Walter, will be offering non-stop flights from Dortmund and Hanover to the island of Sylt for the first time on 01-May-08. Air Berlin will operate twice weekly service from Dortmund and Hanover to Westerland.
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11-Apr-2008
GERMANY :
(XFN Asia) ABN Amro has downgraded its stance on Air Berlin Plc to 'sell' from 'hold' and cut its target price to EUR5 from EUR11.50.
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08-Apr-2008
GERMANY :
Air Berlin announced it carried more than 2.1 million passengers in Mar-08. Air Berlin reported that in Mar-08, a total of 2,175,427 passengers travelled on Air Berlin (including its subsidiaries LTU and Belair, and the airline company Walter), representing an increase of 5.5% year-on-year.
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07-Apr-2008
GERMANY :
(XFN Asia) Russian investor, Leonard Blavatnik, is reportedly intending to buy the 18.56% stake in Air Berlin Plc. that has been sold by investor, Vatas. Air Berlin stated Vatas subsidiary, Haarlem One, sold its stake in Air Berlin after three months.
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01-Apr-2008
GERMANY :
(XFN Asia) Air Berlin PLC has cut its full year 2008 EBIT forecast to EUR73-120 million from the EUR140-160 million range it announced in Nov-07. Air Berlin stated the downward revision is due to the more than EUR10 million it now estimates as start-up costs of its new long-haul services to China.
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