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Air Berlin

Airline
AirlineAir Berlin
IATAAB
ICAOBER
CallsignAIR BERLIN
Founded1978 (as Air Berlin USA)
Airline hub
*Berlin-Tegel Airport *Düsseldorf International Airport *Nuremberg Airport *Palma de Mallorca Airport
Frequent-flyer programtopbonus
AllianceOneworld (future)
Fleet size148 (+ 96 orders)
Destinations154
Company sloganYour Airline.
HeadquartersAirport Bureau Center
Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf,
Berlin, Germany
Key peopleJoachim Hunold (CEO)
Ulf Hüttmeyer (CFO)
Christoph Debus (CCO)
Elke Schütt (CAO)
Karl F. Lotz (COO)
Helmut Himmelreich (CMO)
Thomas Ney (CPO)
Revenue3,240.3 Mil. - (2009)

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Air Berlin PLC & Co. Luftverkehrs KG (stylized as airberlin or airberlin.com) is Germany's second largest airline, after Lufthansa, and Europe's sixth largest airline in terms of passengers. The airline operates an extensive semi-low-cost network including holiday destinations in the Mediterranean region, the Canary Islands and North Africa as well as intercontinental destinations in South East Asia, the Caribbean and the United States. airberlin concentrates on serving major German and European cities to attract business traffic. A total of 23 German cities are served, more than any other airline. The airline is headquartered at the Airport Bureau Center in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Berlin. Its largest hub is Berlin-Tegel Airport. Other hub airports are Dusseldorf Airport, Nuremberg Airport and Son Sant Joan Airport, Palma. On 26 July 2010, the Oneworld airline alliance announced that airberlin had been invited to join.

airberlin's parent company, airberlin group or Air Berlin PLC, is publicly traded (FSE: AB1, ISIN is GB00B128C026). In June 2010, it had 8,741 employees. The airline (including subsidiaries) carried 27.9 million passengers in 2009. In June 2010 airberlin's fleet, including those of its subsidiaries, consisted of 150 operational aircraft.

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Flights to Dubai on offer from airberlin - Southall Travel Tweet this news
Southall Travel--Germany-based airline, -airberlin-, has announced the introduction of a direct service to Dubai from Berlin. By Southall Travel -Tuesday, November 02, ... - Date : Tue, 02 Nov 2010 11:20:58 GMT+00:00
Airberlin launches the Berlin-Miami route - Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) Tweet this news
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)---Airberlin- (-Airberlin-.com) (Berlin Tegel) launched its twice-weekly Berlin (Tegel)-Miami route on November 2. The company is launching new routes from Tegel ... - Date : Fri, 05 Nov 2010 14:30:21 GMT+00:00
Ryanair falls on 'mixed bag' of 2Q financials; Air Berlin gains on strong 2Q ... - Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (subscription) Tweet this news
Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (subscription)--LCC news was dominated by the release of financials for Europe's largest and third-largest LCCs, Ryanair and -Air Berlin-. Both achieved strong growth in key ... - Date : Tue, 02 Nov 2010 05:06:49 GMT+00:00
airberlin's inaugural flight from Berlin to Dubai - Travelio.net Tweet this news
Travelio.net--On Wednesday evening Joachim Hunold, CEO -airberlin-, together with Prof. Dr. Rainer Schwarz, Chief Executive Officer of Berlin Airports, and Mohammed Ahmed ... - Date : Fri, 05 Nov 2010 08:09:33 GMT+00:00
Jamie jazzes it up in Germany - The Sun Tweet this news
The Sun--Fly with -Air Berlin- from London Stansted to Hanover from £84 return. See -airberlin-.com or call 0871 500 0737. WAYNE and Coleen Rooney have been pictured ... - Date : Sat, 30 Oct 2010 01:42:22 GMT+00:00
Ryanair Cuts German Flights By 30% - Build.ie Tweet this news
Build.ie--German fliers Lufthansa and -Air Berlin- say the charges will just push passengers abroad. Leading German carriers are also protesting against the measures, ... - Date : Thu, 28 Oct 2010 09:37:38 GMT+00:00
Air Berlin A321 near Bordeaux on Oct 25th 2010, engine shut down in flight - The Aviation Herald Tweet this news
The Aviation Herald--An -Air Berlin- Airbus A321-200, registration D-ALSC performing flight AB-3070 from Hamburg (Germany) to Tenerife Sur,CI (Spain) with 208 passengers and 7 ... - Date : Thu, 28 Oct 2010 11:19:25 GMT+00:00
airberlin announces first-ever nonstop flight service between Dubai and Berlin - CPI Financial Tweet this news
CPI Financial--Will fly three times per week (from AED 2400/$653 roundtrip, incl. taxes and other charges in the future. -airberlin-, Germany's second-largest airline, ... - Date : Sun, 31 Oct 2010 05:40:20 GMT+00:00
Air Berlin to launch first non-stop Guernsey to Germany flights - Opodo Tweet this news
Opodo---Air Berlin- will next year introduce the first non-stop scheduled flights from Guernsey to Germany. The carrier will begin weekly services from the island to ... - Date : Tue, 19 Oct 2010 16:26:39 GMT+00:00
Arpey addresses the troops about Q3 2010 results - Dallas Morning News (blog) Tweet this news
Dallas Morning News (blog)--In Europe, we signed a codeshare and frequent flyer agreement with -Air Berlin-, the continent's fifth biggest airline. In South America, we extended our ... - Date : Wed, 20 Oct 2010 16:01:25 GMT+00:00

2007 � 2009: Takeover of LTU and TUIfly City route networks :
Shareholder structure
quota Shareholders
approx. 40 % diversified holdings
16,48 % ESAS Holding A.S.
7,90 % Leibniz-Service GmbH / TUI Travel PLC
7,51 % Hans-Joachim Knieps
5,97 % Ringerike GmbH & Co. Luftfahrtbeteiligung
Metolius Foundation
3,82 % Werner Huehn
3,70 % JPMorgan Chase & Co.
2,93 % Rudolf Schulte
2,93 % Severin Schulte
2,64 % Joachim Hunold, CEO Air Berlin PLC
2,39 % Moab Investments Ltd.
1,58 % Johannes Zurnieden, Chairman Air Berlin PLC
1,40 % Heinz-Peter Schlüter
as at: 31st July 2010

2007 � 2009: Takeover of LTU and TUIfly City route networks :
airberlin group
group interest
LTU 100 %
airberlin Technik 100 %
Binoli Reiseplattform  49 %
Belair 100 %
NIKI 49,9 %

2010: airberlin joins oneworld :
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Turnover [Mil. -] 863,2 1.033,9 1.215,2 1.575,4 2.536,5 3.400,7 3.240,3
Asset [Mil. -] 36,7 −2,9 −115,9 40,1 21,0
Number of employees 1.956 2.146 2.764 4.108 8.360 8.311 8.278
Number of passengers [Thousand] 10.019 ? 12.055 ? 17.505 19.702 27.863 28.559 27.911
Passenger load factor [%] 76,72 ? 79,52 ? 75,23 75,27 77,22 78,36 77,26
Aircraft at the end of the year 46 47 79 117 124 125 152

Codeshare agreements :
airberlin Fleet
Aircraft In Fleet Orders Options Passengers
(Business/Economy)
Notes
Airbus A319-100 15 0 0 150 (144/150) 2 operated by Belair
Airbus A320-200 39 10 0 174 (0/174) 7 operated by Belair
Airbus A321-200 9 0 0 210 (0/210)
Airbus A330-200 10 0 0 303 (24/279)
Airbus A330-300 3 0 0 387 (0/387)
Boeing 737-700 26 20 0 144 (0/144) 6 operated by Germania
10 operated by TUIfly
Boeing 737-800 39 47 0 186 (0/186) 2 operated by TUIfly
Boeing 787-8 0 15 5 TBA Entry into service: 2015 (expected)
Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 10 0 0 76 (0/76) all operated by LGW
Total 148 96 10

Fleet history :
airberlin Past Fleet
Aircraft Introduced Retired Notes
Airbus A319 2006
Airbus A320 2005
Airbus A321 2008 following the LTU fleet incorporation
Airbus A330-200 2008 following the LTU fleet incorporation
Airbus A330-300 2008 following the LTU fleet incorporation
BAe 146-200 2003 2004
Boeing 707 1978 1981 Air Berlin USA
Boeing 737-200 1980 1986 Air Berlin USA
Boeing 737-300 1986
2007
1990
2010
Air Berlin USA
[]
Boeing 737-400 1990 2007
Boeing 737-700 2003
Boeing 737-800 1998
Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 2008 operated by LGW
Fokker 100 2004 2009

Members of Oneworld

American Airlines * British Airways * Cathay Pacific * Finnair * Iberia * Japan Airlines * LAN * Malév * Mexicana * Qantas * Royal Jordanian
Future members: Kingfisher Airlines * S7 Airlines
Former members: Aer Lingus * Canadian Airlines

Airlines of Germany

AeroLogic * Air Berlin * Air Hamburg * Avanti Air * Augsburg Airways * Bremenfly * BinAir * Cirrus Airlines * Condor Flugdienst * Condor Syndikat * Contact Air * European Air Transport * Eurowings * FAI Air Service * FLN Frisia Luftverkehr * Germania * Germanwings * Hahn Air * Hamburg International * LTU International * Luftfahrtgesellschaft Walter * Lufthansa * Lufthansa Cargo * Lufthansa CityLine * Lufthansa Regional * OCA International * Ostfriesische Lufttransport * Private Wings * Sylt Air * TUIfly * WDL Aviation * Windrose Air * XL Airways Germany

Members of the European Low Fares Airline Association (ELFAA)

Clickair * EasyJet * Flybe * Jet2.com * Norwegian Air Shuttle * Ryanair * Sverigeflyg * Transavia.com * Wizz Air |



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