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As requested by daxre
Fenix A320 | Airberlin "Albino" | D-ABDX [8K]
Airberlin History:
Air Berlin was shaped by the forces that divided and reunited its namesake city. During the Cold War, only civil aircraft from the Allied occupying nations (the United States, the United Kingdom, and France) were allowed to fly into Berlin. In the late 1970s, an American started a company to provide flights for tour operators from the German capital to holiday destinations. Its two main clients, reported Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, would be Hanover's TUI (Touristik Union International) and NUR-Touristic of Frankfurt.
Air Berlin Charter Company was established in Oregon in 1978 by former Pan Am pilot Kim Lundgren. It was originally a subsidiary of Lelco, an agricultural business of Kim's father Leonard Lundgren. It was renamed Air Berlin, Inc. in 1982 and Lundair, Inc. in 1992.
The first charter flight, from Berlin's Tegel Airport to Palma de Mallorca, Spain, occurred on April 28, 1979. Flights to the United States soon followed. A leased Boeing 707 was used briefly, replaced by a pair of Boeing 737s in 1981. According to Air International, the company posted its first profit in 1986.
Air Berlin GmbH & Co. Luftverkehrs KG is Germany's leading low-fare airline. Begun as a charter operator, Air Berlin has repositioned itself, in large part, as a scheduled carrier. It follows a low-cost business model with emphasis on direct, scheduled flights from a number of regional airports, rather than a hub-and-spoke system. Air Berlin specializes in flying to sunny vacation spots in the Mediterranean, the Canary Islands, and North Africa, as well as major business destinations in Europe. The airline makes more than 200 trips each week to the airline's first destination, the Spanish island of Mallorca, which it uses as a hub for service to mainland Spain. The airline's passenger count approached 14 million in 2005. It is the second largest airline in Germany after Lufthansa AG. Air Berlin's 200-person maintenance division handles all but the heaviest maintenance in-house. It also does third-party work. An engineering department allows the airline to handle minor modifications. Air Berlin has a holding in and a close alliance with NIKI, the airline formed from the remnants of Aero Lloyd Austria. As of 2005, company founder Kim Lundgren owned 26 percent of Air Berlin's shares.
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3 months ago
3 months ago
rAirDesigns
ron3112
Hey there, thanks for making this livery. If you don´t mind, you might want to add the "airberlin" writing on the belly. Thank you 😊
2 years ago
daxre
Great work! BER4EVR! Thank you!
2 years ago
ron3112
Good details, thanks!
2 years ago
avgeek20