I've been looking at Air Berlin, Niki and Belair and the events surrounding these airlines over the last few months. I understand that the *UAE-based-airline-that-must-not-be-named* is de-emphasising its investments in the Air Berlin group. I understand also that AB wants to focus on Berlin + Dusseldorf rather than any other German bases. Niki seems to be picking up a lot of the leisure traffic while Belair rather than being shut down today is planned to keep going for the forseeable future. I understand also that about 33 AB aircraft have been leased out to LH-owned Eurowings
Right now it all seems a little temporary without any obvious strategic destination. Does anyone understand what the Air Berlin and Lufthansa boards intend to do now, beyond just "wait and see what happens" ?