Air Berlin

Airlines body eyes bankruptcy law review to reduce stranded passengers

Sat, 10 Feb 2018 - 10:49 GMT

An industry trade body said countries should review bankruptcy laws to reduce number of stranded passengers.

Abu Dhabi's Etihad Airways to end Tehran flights in January

Wed, 20 Dec 2017 - 06:17 GMT

Etihad Airways will scrap flights to Tehran on Jan. 24, the latest route to be dropped as the Abu Dhabi airline pursues a strategy review.

EasyJet wins unconditional EU approval to buy Air Berlin assets

Tue, 12 Dec 2017 - 06:46 GMT

British budget airline easyJet (EZJ.L) gained unconditional EU antitrust approval on Tuesday .

Eurowings to withdraw Austria's Niki brand

Tue, 24 Oct 2017 - 06:32 GMT

Lufthansa plans to scrap the brand name of Austrian airline Niki as it integrates the carrier into its Eurowings budget business, a board member said on Tuesday.

Lufthansa spreads wings by snapping up parts of Air Berlin

Thu, 12 Oct 2017 - 07:07 GMT

Lufthansa reinforced its position as Germany’s largest airline by signing a 210 million euro ($249 million)deal to buy large parts of insolvent Air Berlin

1,400 Air Berlin workers to lose jobs:union

Sat, 07 Oct 2017 - 03:10 GMT

About 1,400 Air Berlin workers may soon be out of a job, some as early as the end of this month.

Air Berlin to hold carve-up talks with Lufthansa, easyJet

Sat, 23 Sep 2017 - 10:08 GMT

Air Berlin’s (AB1.DE) creditors have picked German flagship carrier Lufthansa (LHAG.DE) and Britain’s easyJet (EZJ.L) as possible.

Air Berlin sees flight operations stabilizing on Thursday: staff memo

Wed, 13 Sep 2017 - 11:44 GMT

Air Berlin (AB1.DE) expects its flight operations to stabilize on Thursday as pilots return from sick leave.

German investor Woehrl submits 500 mln eur takeover of Air Berlin

Mon, 11 Sep 2017 - 08:25 GMT

German aviation investor Hans Rudolf Woehrl late on Sunday said a company controlled by his INTRO Group had submitted a 500 million euro ($600.70 million).

German tourism body blames aviation regulation for Air Berlin failure

Thu, 31 Aug 2017 - 01:06 GMT

German taxes and regulation have allowed foreign airlines to take market share from German carriers and contributed to the failure of Air Berlin (AB1.DE).

Air Berlin frequent flyer programme files for insolvency

Fri, 25 Aug 2017 - 02:17 GMT

Air Berlin’s (AB1.DE) frequent flyer programme filed for insolvency on Friday, bad news for members with points on their accounts.

Air Berlin reassures customers deterred by delays, bad press

Fri, 23 Jun 2017 - 03:34 GMT

Air Berlin sought to reassure customers that its operations were back on track on Friday.

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