Transaction paves the way for a simplified business model Sale improves the financial position of airberlin Separation of the touristic business enables growth in the long-haul business and reduces seasonal fluctuation BERLIN, Germany, 2016-Dec-09 — /Travel PR News/ — airberlin today announced the sale of its share in NIKI to Etihad for a total consideration… Read the full press release
Four daily flights from Berlin, starting end of March 2017 Codeshare with Czech Airlines for the Dusseldorf – Prague route BERLIN, Germany, 2016-Nov-29 — /Travel PR News/ — Starting end of March 2017, airberlin will offer four flights daily (28 per week) from Berlin-Tegel to Prague. In so doing the airline will double the frequency of… Read the full press release
BERLIN, Germany, 2016-Nov-17 — /Travel PR News/ — airberlin now flies up to three times a day from its Dusseldorf hub to Geneva. The new route is particularly attractive for business travellers due to the large number of flights, offering extremely flexible flight times between the Rhine metropolis and Geneva, home to many international organisations… Read the full press release
BERLIN, Germany, 2016-Oct-14 — /Travel PR News/ — Berlin’s trendy restaurants set for service at 10,000 metres High-quality food from trendy local restaurants – served above the clouds: airberlin and the Dutch start-up company, iFleat, are introducing this world first for flights. The new shared airgusto premium service allows passengers who have booked a long-haul flight from Berlin… Read the full press release
BERLIN, Germany, 2016-Oct-07 — /Travel PR News/ — airberlin has reached an agreement with Vereinigung Cockpit, the ver.di collective bargaining committee for cabin crew and the general works council to immediately implement urgent measures that will help stabilise flight operations and reduce inconvenience to its passengers. Significant flight cancellations at TUIfly have affected many airberlin flights… Read the full press release
BERLIN, Germany, 2016-Oct-07 — /Travel PR News/ — 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 TUIfly have affected many airberlin flights which are operated by TUIfly under a wet-lease agreement. EAP includes airberlin, Etihad Airways, Alitalia, Air Serbia,… Read the full press release
BERLIN, 2016-May-24 — /Travel PR News/ — Under the slogan “The Art of Travelling”, the Berlin airline with the global network is showcasing its Business Class service in its first pop-up store, situated in the prestigious Bikini Berlin concept mall in the heart of the German capital. Opening for two weeks from May 21 to June 4,… Read the full press release
BERLIN, GERMANY, 2016-May-05 — /Travel PR News/ — 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 points to 81.8 percent in yearly comparison. Furthermore, the accumulated capacity utilization remained virtually stable and increased by 0.3 percentage points to 82.9 percent… Read the full press release
New destination and 25 per cent more flights to Italy BERLIN, Germany, 2016-Apr-19 — /Travel PR News/ — airberlin and Alitalia today announced that they will strengthen their commercial agreement to expand their flight offer between Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Italia. In particular businesses and holidaymakers will benefit from the enhanced cooperation. Their mutual passengers… Read the full press release
BERLIN, GERMANY, 2016-Apr-07 — /Travel PR News/ — 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 to 85.4 percent in comparison with the corresponding month of the previous year. airberlin’s accumulated capacity utilization rate increased by 0.1 percentage points… Read the full press release
Berlin, Germany, 2016-Mar-09 — /Travel PR News/ — 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 only a slight decrease of 1 percentage point to 83.6 percent. When taking into consideration the accumulated time period, airberlin increased its capacity… Read the full press release
The three new Q400 aircraft are from GECAS’ order book of five announced in December 2014 TORONTO, 2016-Feb-10 — /Travel PR News/ — Bombardier Commercial Aircraft today congratulated Air Berlin PLC of Berlin, Germany on its lease of three new Q400 aircraft from GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS). The Q400 aircraft, part of GECAS’ order book… Read the full press release
Germany’s second-largest airline takes home several awards at the end of the year BERLIN, 2015-12-29 — /Travel PR News/ — “And the winner is airberlin”: The company pocketed three awards just this month in the United States. In a survey conducted among readers of the US travel magazines Global Traveler and Premier Traveler, airberlin took… Read the full press release
BERLIN, Germany, 2015-9-8 — /Travel PR News/ — airberlin is continuing on its path towards restructuring and was able to significantly improve its overall capacity utilization in August, both year on year, and in comparison with the previous month. The capacity utilization rate, taking into account the capacity adaptation carried out, increased by 1.5 percent, thus… Read the full press release
airberlin and Jet Airways extend codeshare agreement to six cities in India BERLIN, 2015-6-22 — /Travel PR News/ — airberlin and Jet Airways, India’s premier international airline, have extended their codeshare agreement with immediate effect. Germany’s second largest airline will now place its AB code on six routes which are operated by Jet Airways to… Read the full press release
BERLIN, 2015-6-8 — /Travel PR News/ — In May 2015, 2,843,258 passengers flew with airberlin. The number of passengers declined by 4.3 percent in comparison with the corresponding month of the previous year as a result of a reduction of flight capacity. Passengers traveling within airberlin’s global flight route network in May covered a total… Read the full press release
airberlin lounge opens in “QII0 – Die Deutsche Bank der Zukunft” BERLIN, 2015-6-4 — /Travel PR News/ — From June to August 2015, the café in “QII0 – Die Deutsche Bank der Zukunft” in Berlin’s Friedrichstrasse is being transformed into an airberlin lounge. Deutsche Bank visitors can immerse themselves in the world of airberlin products… Read the full press release
airberlin now offers more flights to the US from Berlin BERLIN, 2015-6-4 — /Travel PR News/ — Miami’s booming! And this winter, airberlin will fly its passengers non-stop from Berlin to Florida. The first winter flight to Miami will take off from Berlin-Tegel on 5 November. Every Thursday and Saturday, airberlin will fly an A330-200… Read the full press release
BERLIN, 2015-5-28 — /Travel PR News/ — Iceland in the winter? “Yes!” says airberlin and is now offering for the first time two weekly flights to Reykjavík also in the winter. The Berliners are thus the first German airline with year-round flights to Iceland. From November to April airberlin flies from Berlin-Tegel nonstop on Thursdays… Read the full press release
BERLIN, 2015-4-9 — /Travel PR News/ — In March 2015, airberlin welcomed 2,294,498 passengers on board. The number of passengers transported thus increased by 1.6 percent over the corresponding month of the previous year. During the month of March, airberlin’s passengers traveled a total of 3.768 billion kilometers (RPK) within airberlin’s global flight route network…. Read the full press release
airberlin introduces its new “Recaro BL3520” at the International Travel Trade Show (ITB) BERLIN, 2015-3-9 — /Travel PR News/ — Enjoy more comfortable seating with airberlin! Starting this spring, new seating will be introduced on short and medium-haul airberlin flights. The “Recaro BL3520” model made its debut today at the International Travel Trade Show (ITB)… Read the full press release
BERLIN, 2014-11-5 — /Travel PR News/ — airberlin today announced the appointment of Stefan Pichler (56) as Chief Executive Officer, as it moves forward with its previously announced restructuring programme to deliver long term sustainable profitability. In his role as CEO of Air Berlin PLC, Stefan Pichler will be responsible for all group businesses and airline… Read the full press release