Originally Posted by
Denti
Lufthansa today signed the deal with airberlin. They bought LGW (20 DHC-8-400) and Niki (21 A320) plus slots for another 13 A320 from AB, they already own another 20 A320 that are currently operated by airberlin. Additionally to that they will wetlease seven 737s from TUIfly.
I guess there is no surprise here - there was zero chance for an outsider to enter this market.
So far they have applications from 8 pilots from airberlin, the rest is not interested at the current offer. Which means that around 33 aircraft they bought will be grounded very soon due to lack of crews.
That's the interesting part of the story - I'm really curious to see who will move first (ie LH proposing bette conditions or AB pilots lowering their guard).