Airberlin (airberlin.com) (Berlin) is working to trim its unprofitable routes. The carrier has announced it is downsizing ย its mainly tourist hub at Nuremberg for the coming winter schedule. The carrier will retain some holiday routes to southern destinations.
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Copyright Photo: Gunter Mayer. Boeing 737-86J D-ABBF (msn 32917) taxies to the gate at NUE.
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Blue Air Boeing 737-86J WL YR-BID (msn 29641) BCN (Yannick Delamarre) (737-800s being returned), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Blue Air (Bucharest) is downsizing and will returned its leased Boeing 737-800s according to this article in Anna Aero. Read the full article:
Copyright Photo: Yannick Delamarre. Boeing 737-86J YR-BID (msn 29641) prepares to touch down at Barcelona.
Airberlin (Airberlin.com) Boeing 737-86J WL D-ABBF (msn 32917) NUE (Gunter Mayer), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Airberlin (airberlin.com) (Berlin-Tegel) reported a net loss in the second quarter of $72.3 million.
In other news the company is in discussions with its new Oneworld partner about code sharing which is expected to start in November.
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Copyright Photo: Gunter Mayer. Boeing 737-86J D-ABBF (msn 32917) arrives at Nuremberg.
Air Berlin (Airberlin.com) Boeing 737-86J WL D-ABKM (msn 37755) PAE (Nick Dean) (latest delivery), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Air Berlin (stylized as airberlin) (airberlin.com) (Berlin-Tegel) is planning to join oneworldยฎ, adding Europeโs fifth largest airline and Germanyโs second biggest carrier to the airline alliance.
Air Berlin Group member Niki (Vienna) will become an affiliate member of the alliance.
A memorandum of understanding (MOU) between Air Berlin and oneworld was completed in the airlineโs Berlin home city last night (July 26), with a formal alliance membership agreement to be signed soon.
Air Berlin is expected to start flying as part of oneworld in early 2012 โ just weeks before the opening of the new Berlin Brandenburg International Airport, which is being built as a major new hub for Europe.
Copyright Photo: Nick Dean. Boeing 737-86J D-ABKM (msn 33755) lands at Everett after a test flight.
Airberlin (Airberlin.com) Boeing 737-86J WL D-ABBF (msn 32917) NUE (Gunter Mayer), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Airberlin’s (Berlin-Tegel) pilots have voted to strike for three hours according to this published report in the New York Times.
News link:
http://intransit.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/03/air-berlin-pilots-vote-to-strike/
Airberlin (Berlin-Tegel) had an accident at Dortmund this morning (January 3). Boeing 737-86J D-ABKF (msn 37745) with 165 passengers and six crew members aborted its takeoff to Las Palmas and slid off the end of the runway. There were no injuries.
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Ariana Afghan Airlines-Saga Airlines Boeing 737-86J WL TC-SGI (msn 28069) FRA, originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Saga Airlines (Istanbul) is operating its Boeing 737-86J TC-SGI (msn 28069) for Ariana Afghan Airlines.
Copyright Photo: Bernhard Ross.
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Ex-Airberlin Boeing 737-86J TC-SGH (msn 28068, ex D-ABAN) is pictured at London (Gatwick) with the additional Scottravel decal on the rear fuselage. The airliner displays the 2004 livery of the Turkish airline. Copyright Photo: Robbie Shaw.
Saga Airlines (Istanbul) is now fly for Scottravel and has added a decal to its second Boeing 737-800.
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