Air Berlin PLC & Co. Luftverkehrs KG (stylized as airberlin) is Germany's second largest airline, after Lufthansa. It is headquartered in Berlin, and operates extensive semi-low-cost services to holiday destinations on the Mediterranean, the Canary Islands and North Africa, as well as to major cities in Europe from 21 German airports. Its main base is Berlin-Tegel International Airport, with hubs at Düsseldorf International Airport, Nuremberg Air...
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Air Berlin PLC & Co. Luftverkehrs KG (stylized as airberlin) is Germany's second largest airline, after Lufthansa. It is headquartered in Berlin, and operates extensive semi-low-cost services to holiday destinations on the Mediterranean, the Canary Islands and North Africa, as well as to major cities in Europe from 21 German airports. Its main base is Berlin-Tegel International Airport, with hubs at Düsseldorf International Airport, Nuremberg Airport and Son Sant Joan Airport, Palma. Air Berlin's parent company, Air Berlin Group or Air Berlin PLC, is publicly traded (FSE: AB1, ISIN is GB00B128C026) It has 8,400 employees (at March 2008). The airline carried 28.6 million passengers in 2008 . With 1,200 employees at its headquarters and a total of 2,700 employees, as of 2006 Air Berlin is one of the largest employers in Berlin.
In 1978 a former Pan Am captain formed Air Berlin as a US supplemental carrier and incorporated it under the name Air Berlin, Inc. in Oregon, USA. Air Berlin...
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