Airberlin

Airberlin was incorporated in 1978 and was named Air Berlin USA at its initial phase. It is now officially called Air Berlin PLC & Co. Luftverkehrs KG. It is the second biggest carrier in Germany following Lufthansa.

Airberlin Profile

Airberlin operates from Berlin Tegel Airport and Dusseldorf International Airport. Its focus city functions are performed from Palma de Mallorca Airport and Nuremberg Airport. The German set up is a part of the Oneworld alliance.

Its slogan is "Your Airline" and its head offices are at Airport Bureau Center in Charlottenburg - Wilmersdorf, Berlin. Joachim Hunold functions as the CEO, Elke Schutt is the CAO, Ulf Huffmeyer is the CFO, Helmut Himmelreich is the CMO, Christoph Debus is the COO and Thomas Ney is the CPO.

Airberlin Booking Services

Passengers can change the dates of their travel till 2 days before their flights. They can also call up Airberlin service centers if they wish to avail the service later than that. The web check in services can be availed within a 30-2 hour range before departure.

The flight vouchers can be gifted to family members, friends, relatives or colleagues during special occasions. The amount can be chosen by the passenger himself and the vouchers are available in personalized versions to make the whole thing even more special for the recipients.

The vouchers can be used at any flight operated by the carrier. Group bookings are allowed for at least 10 people together. Special flights are also provided.

Airberlin Services

Airberlin offers several vacation based services such as package holidays, beach vacations and city breaks. It also offers other special services such as car rentals and hotel booking services along with EuropePass and city tour pass programs.

Airberlin topbonus

The frequent flyer program of the German carrier is known as topbonus and is operated along with Niki. Members can collect points at every flight and they can be used later on to fly for free. The points or miles can also be used for business class upgrades. There are three major stages - Classic, Silver and Gold.

Airberlin Destinations

The German carrier operates flights to 53 countries across the world:

• UK - Aberdeen, London Stansted, Edinburgh, London Heathrow, Glasgow, London City, Guernsey, Manchester, Jersey, Newcastle and London Gatwick
• Kenya - Mombasa
• Algeria – Algiers
• Kosovo - Pristina
• Austria - Graz, Linz, Innsbruck, Salzburg, Klagenfurt/Carinthia, and Vienna
• Macedonia - Skopje
• Bahamas - Nassau and Freeport
• Maldives - Male
• Bulgaria - Sofia
• Malta
• Cambodia - Phnom Penh
• Mexico - Cancun
• Canada - Vancouver
• Montenegro - Tivat
• China - Beijing
• Morocco - Agadir, Nador, Casablanca and Tangier
• Costa Rica - Liberia
• Namibia - Windhoek
• Croatia - Dubrovnik, Split, Pula, Zadar and Rijeka
• Netherlands - Amsterdam
• Cuba - Varadero
• Norway - Oslo
• Curacao
• Poland - Krakow
• Cyprus - Paphos and Larnaca
• Portugal - Faro, Oporto, Funchal, Ponta Delgada and Lisbon
• Denmark - Copenhagen and Bornholm
• Puerto Rico - San Juan
• Dominican Republic - Punta Cana and Puerto Plata
• Romania - Constantia and Bucharest
• Egypt - Cairo, Marsa Alam, Hurghada, Sharm-el-Sheikh and Luxor
• Russia - Irkutsk, Rostov, Kazan, Samara, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Ufa and Perm
• Finland - Helsinki
• Serbia - Belgrade
• France - Calvi, Paris and Nice
• Singapore
• Germany - Berlin, Leipzig/Halle, Braunschweig, Munich, Bremen, Munster/Osnabruck, Cologne/Bonn, North Rhine Westfalia, Dortmund, Nuremberg, Dresden, Paderborn/Lippstadt, Dusseldorf, Rostock-Laage, Erfurt, Saarbruecken, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Friedrichshafen, Sylt, Hamburg, Usedom, Hanover, Weeze, and Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden
• Spain - Alicante, Madrid, Almeria, Mahon, Asturias/Oviedo, Malaga, Barcelona, Murcia, Bilbao, Palma de Mallorca, Fuerteventura, Santiago de Compostela, Gran Canaria, Sevilla, Ibiza, Sta Cruz, Jared d.I. Frontera, Tenerife, Lanzarote and Valencia
• Greece - Chania, Preveza, Corfu, Rhodos, Heraklion, Samos, Kalamata, Santorini, Karpathos, Skiathos, Kayala, Thessaloniki, Kos, Volos, Mykonos, Zakynthos and Mytilini
• Sweden - Arvidsjaur, Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Visby
• Iceland - Reykjavik
• Switzerland - Basel, Zurich and Geneva
• India - Delhi
• Thailand - Bangkok, Koh Samui, Chiang Mai, and Phuket
• Iraq - Arbil
• Tunisia - Djerba, Tunis and Enfidha
• Ireland - Shannon
• Turkey - Adana, Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Antalya, Kayseri, Bodrum, Konya, Dalaman, Malatya, Diyarbakir, Mardin, Elazig, Samsun, Gaziantep, Trabzon, Hatay and Van
• Israel - Tel Aviv
• USA - Albuquerque, Miami, Atlanta, Monterey, Boston, New York, California, Orlando, Chicago, Phoenix, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Dallas, Raleigh/Durham, Florida, Sacramento, Fort Myers, San Diego, Fresno, San Francisco, Honolulu, San Jose, Houston, Seattle, Jacksonville, St. Louis, Key West, Tampa, Las Vegas, Washington and Los Angeles
• Italy - Bari, Naples, Brindisi, Olbia, Cagliari, Palermo, Catania, Rimini, Elba, Rome, Florence, Venice, Lamezia Terme, Verona and Milan
• UAE - Dubai
• Jamaica - Montego Bay

Airberlin Codeshare Agreements

Airberlin is in codeshare partnerships with several airlines:

• American Airlines
• Hainan Airlines
• Bangkok Airways
• Iberia
• British Airways
• Niki
• Finnair
• S7 Airlines

Airberlin Fleet

Airberlin has 3 Airbus A330-300s that can accommodate a maximum of 387 passengers and 11 Airbus A330-200s that have maximum capacities of 303 passengers each. The 10 Airbus A321-200s each have space for 210 people at the most.

The 37 Airbus A320-200s can each transport 174 travelers and Airbus 319-112s can carry 150 passengers each. The maximum capacity of each Airbus 319-132 is 144 passengers. In addition to these there are 39 Boeing 737-800s that can carry 186 people each.

The 26 Boeing 737-700s can transport 144 passengers each and the 10 Bombardier Dash 8 Q400s can take a maximum of 76 passengers each.