Air Berlin will be reduced to half?
Air Berlin negotiations according to a media report with TUI a part sale of Fly Niki. Also, the deal with Lufthansa comes off, shrinking the airline almost on the half.
Stefan Pichler wanted to venture the large incision. The head of Air Berlin planned to reduce the duration of contract Air Berlin fleet by about a third. But he failed it on the Supervisory Board. The fear of high costs and negative publicity, cause what redundancies in Germany was too big in the body.
Therefore, Pichler had once again about the books. The plan now has less harsh consequences for the staff. But in effect he is very close to the original project. At the end, Air Berlin would be there with an only half as large fleet of 70 aircraft.
Holiday flyer with TUI
As the Süddeutsche Zeitung reported, Air-Berlin shareholder of Etihad Airways negotiated namely with the tourism group TUI a part sale of the Austrian subsidiary of Fly Niki with her 17 planes. At the same time the 14 aircraft, which currently operates TUIfly for Air Berlin, would become a new leisure airline. What exactly this construct should look like, is however not yet known.
In addition, Air Berlin still negotiating with Lufthansa. The airline would cede this on coming winter leading to the two hubs in Berlin and Düsseldorf, all routes on the great competitor. That would be done in the framework of a wet-lease agreement. Air Berlin will fly with the appropriate crew - so several hundred employees and about 40 aircraft – for Lufthansa in Europe.
1000 employees of less?
Without layoffs, it can't but according to the Süddeutsche. To halve the number of jobs in the Administration, so the sheet. Air Berlin will be separate from around 1000 8600 employees in the next few months. One thing is clear: no stone unturned remains at Air Berlin.