Air Berlin

[EDDNHopper]

beaucaire,

It could mean that AB will start long haul operations in a not too far future.

Could you elaborate, please?

P.S.: Official press release.

[boeing777LR]

Air Berlin buys DBA

Hey
I just read in a german newspaper online that Air Berlin has bought DBA. The excat price for DBA was not disclosed but its believe to be in the double million euro range. Air Berlin now gets access to important slots in Munchen and Dusseldorf. DBA will continue to operate as independent company but rebranded to Air Berlin powered by DBA.

cheers

[Pilotstudent]

Ive heard in the german News TV (N24) that Air Berlin has payed 120Mio.€ for the assumption.
I think that Lufthansa has now a serious competitor in the German domestic flights business.

I hope that has a positive effect for the pilotstudents in Germany, because Air Berlin is the one of the few Airlines that employ young pilots direct from the Flightschool.


Regards

Pilotstudent

[brakedwell]

Let's hope they restart the MUC - LGW service BA dumped in March.

[Buster the Bear]

If they did indeed pay 120 m Euro, easyJet were mugged when they purchased Go!

[tom de luxe]

Originally Posted by beaucaire

IN an article published in "Focus", an insider of Air Berlin and close collaborator of Mr. Hunold meant :
"aus Focus Money:
"[...] Aus Air Berlin könnte in den nächsten Monaten ein global agierender Player werden. Es wird spekuliert, dass Hans-Rudolf Wöhrl sich komplett aus dem Fluggeschäft verabschiedet und Hunold neben der dba auch die in seiner Intro-Gesellschaft gebündelten Anteile an der LTU verkauft. [...] In Hunolds engster Umgebung hieß es, es könne sein, dass man auch noch die Langstrecke am Bein habe. Der Air-Berlin-Chef scheute bisher das Business mit den Flügen nach Fernost und über den Atlantik und konzentrierte sich auf Europa. Dennoch kehrt er jetzt durch die Hintertür schon zu seiner alten Airline LTU zurück. Als Kooperationspartner für Zubringerflüge ist die dba ohnehin schon bei der LTU mit an Bord."

Quote from German business weekly "Focus Money":
"Air Berlin could become a global player over the next months. There is some speculation about Wöhrl leaving the airline business altogether, by selling not only his shares in dba, but also his shares in LTU, held through [Intro, a "vehicle" i.e. a company set up for the purpose of holding shares in other business interests]. Sources close to Hunold have said they were afraid of getting LTU's long-haul millstone hung round Air Berlin's neck. Air Berlin's boss had until now shunned the transatlantic and Far East business, concentrating on Europe instead. Now it seems he's going back to his old Airline, LTU, if through the back door - dba is, as of now, already co-operating with LTU by providing feeder flights. "

[daz211]

I see that dba flight DI9215 ex berlin is at STN today
maybe doing AB flight of poss more to it ?
maybe we will see some new routes soon

[OltonPete]

DBA

daz211

Very similar flight number to the BHX charters DI9407 (last night) a 737
and DI9409 a FK100 this morning. Both outbound charters to Tegal.

I checked the Tegal website and there are only DI9*** flights from BHX
and STN but sounds a bit of a co-incidence - corporate charter?

Pete

[conradmueller]

daz211

Air Berlin often uses dba Planes, when the F100 goes tech.

[daz211]

Route News

Can anyone tell me when AB will announce
SUMMER 2007 TIMETABLE

[international hog driver]

Soon Daz Soon,

Big changes at AMS, ZRH, VIE and a couple more.

Cant say much but i do know that Flight ops, traffic, group and wholesale are all getting their panties in a bunch and it all has to do with intergration of DBA, GMX subs and how many partner charters with HLF next summer.

So basically ops normal in Saatwinklerdamm

[Hollymead]

Is it true the direct STN-ALC route is being dumped ?

[pabely]

Air Berlin & TUI

Now reported in press.....
'German travel operator TUI AG is currently in negotiations with Air Berlin PLC regarding an airline alliance that could result in the withdrawal of TUI from the German market, according to an early release of Manager Magazine's Saturday edition.

It said both companies have officially stated they are in talks regarding a sales and marketing tie-up, but company sources have noted that negotiations are actually over issues that are far larger than that.

The magazine said TUI manager Christoph Mueller spoke a few months ago about the need to merge the German airlines of TUI together with Condor, the charter airline of Thomas Cook AG, but initial talks came to nothing, which explains why TUI has approached Air Berlin.
Things going to get interesting in Germany.....

[daz211]

Air Berlin have put there summer 2007 on sale but I cant see any new routes as yet, I would have thought they might have put some new routes out of STN, even if it was just some new domestic routes.

[captainyonder]

I'm still suprised no one has launched a direct route from London to Dresden. Air Berlin would seem like the most obvious operator for the route. It's the one major German city that remains without a London link.

[fx-85ms]

Air Berlin/ dba

I was just wondering what kind of aircraft allocation does Air Berlin follow? I have heard that they dont base any aircraft in PMI or STN and everything is operated from Germany. Do they do overnight stops? how many aircraft come back to base in each of their German airports?

cheers

[cwl4eva]

Is there any strength in the rumour that AB could be starting from CWL soon?

[Richard Taylor]

Or EDI/ABZ?

[conradmueller]

Nicki ist stopping all flights from VIE to STN in May, so VIE will no longer be part of the STN Hub.

[Franz Josef Strauss]

hallo, I am new in this place. I am hearing that Air Berlin is to start new routes to places in UK and Ireland. I am hearing that Dublin, Bristol, Birmingham, Cardiff and Liverpool may being served soon.

Does anyone please have some informations for me.

Thank you