A year after the Bust: The heirs of Air Berlin

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A year ago, the Air Berlin, the second largest German airline had to apply for insolvency. The Bust has stirred up the industry, first of all, the prices rose. In the meantime, pilots fill cheap the gap.

You RUB yourself when you look in the air puzzled the eyes when a red-and-white-painted Jet flies over. That is… Yes, exactly: an aircraft of Air Berlin in full livery. A Trip Back In Time?

The second largest German airline said a year ago, on 15. August 2017, your insolvency. At the end of October you are finished operating the flight. And yet, it is not a Fata Morgana – also in the summer of 2018 Air Berlin flying around some, it never happened.

The solution to the puzzle: Not all of the formerly over a hundred aircraft of Air Berlin have been repainted, some are still on the ground or flying in the old colors, and with age inscription , but are operated by TUIfly, or for Lauda motion.

The Air Berlin subsidiary NIKI has been acquired by Niki Lauda back and flies today, holidaymakers as part of Ryanair, but in their own livery. If you want to enjoy long Air Berlin routes Flair, must fly today, with the British Virgin Atlantic Airways from London-Gatwick, acquired by Air Berlin, some of the Airbus A330 and leave it in the cabin, largely in its original condition. The machines are now sounding Christian names such as “Daydream Believer”, “Scarlett O’hara” or “Honky Tonky Woman”.

First of all, higher prices

Beyond such Externals is The largest market outlet of an Airline in Europe, has meanwhile been compensated. First of all, ruled in the fall of 2017 with the loss of capacity of the Air Berlin fleet, a shortage of flight seats on the market, especially in the inner-German air traffic, the offer went back.

The result is a price increase of more than ten percent. The Lufthansa group was suddenly to become the monopolist. Even the Federal cartel office examined the consequence of the collective behaviour of the Lufthansa, but could find no wrongdoing.

Since the beginning of the year established Easyjet, with a focus on Berlin-Tegel and Eurowings, with a focus on Düsseldorf secured as the principal heir of Air Berlin, is also a provider like Germania and Ryanair certain routes.

Through the improved offer, the flight prices dropped immediately, and in April 2018 to minus 1.3 percent compared to October of the previous year.

Farewell to the Crew at the recent Air Berlin flight on 27.10.2017 from Munich to Berlin

More Cheap Flights

“So you are currently at the lowest level since 2012,” says the Federal Association of the German air traffic economy (BDL) in his recently submitted report for the first half of 2018.

In June 2018, the average prices for inter-continental flights, were significantly lower (minus 7.7 percentage points) than in the same month last year, and within the German (minus 4.4), and within the EU (minus 3.0) decreased the rates.

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Air Berlin also failed at the attempt to position itself as a so-called hybrid company, so all of everything to offer and at the same time normal airline and low-cost providers. After their demise, the proportion of true low-cost airlines has increased massively.

This is especially evident at the Berlin-Tegel airport, where Easyjet is now playing the role as top dog. At the beginning of 2012, the share of low-cost airlines, among which, at the time, Air Berlin is only due to the lag, just 20 per cent in the first half of 2018, it was almost 57 percent.

You look at all the German airports, account for nearly 29 percent of all departures on a cheap provider, a year ago, the Low-Cost share was only 23 percent. “This increases the variety for the customers, intensified competition and lowers prices,” glad of the BDL attracts.

More Traffic

But this leads to traffic growth on the the German airports are not sufficiently prepared, as the current problems at security to prove controls are in Frankfurt, Munich and Bremen. And the competition will be held, at least in the case of Ryanair clearly on the backs of the employees, who now for the first time, in a far-reaching strike action to fight back.

The Lufthansa subsidiary, Eurowings was also on the verge of collapse, because they had expected with the Acquisition of the 77 Air-Berlin aircraft in a short period of time simply is too much. Massive irregularities, and cancellation of flights on the entire route network in recent months were the result, the company apologized to customers and travel agencies.

At the same time Eurowings argued, the company was made possible by the Acquisition of about 3,000 Air-Berlin-employees new career prospects and also ensure that capacity constraints would not have led to the Bankruptcy of major air traffic problems. “The current transition phase, however, is organizationally and operationally, a feat of strength, for there is no blueprint”, advertises a Eurowings spokesman for your understanding.