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Lufthansa will lease 40 aircrafts (or one third of the current fleet) from its rival Air Berlin starting next winter. This should include all flights of AB except from their main hubs in Berlin (TXL) and DUS.
LH will also cooperate with AB owner Etihad. Aircrafts should fly for Lufthansa's LCC airline Eurowings to enlarge their fleet, network and market share against rivals Ryanair, easyJet and others who might step in the German market in case AB would collapse as their quarterly reports still don't show any sign of improvement (despite ownership of EY).
With this expansion EW could be the third largest LCC in Europe after FR and EZY. Right now Vueling, Norwegian and Wizz Air are larger than EW.
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Lufthansa fliegt bald mit Air Berlin - Wirtschaft - Süddeutsche.de