page_title: Air Berlin
section_title: Business trends
hierarchical_section_title: Air Berlin / Corporate affairs / Business trends
caption_attribution_description: English: Stefan Pichler
context_page_description: Air Berlin PLC & Co. Luftverkehrs KG, branded as airberlin or airberlin.com was a major German airline. At its peak, it was Germany's second-largest airline, as well as Europe's tenth-largest airline in terms of passengers carried. It was headquartered in Berlin and had hubs at Berlin Tegel Airport and Düsseldorf Airport. It was a member of the oneworld airline alliance.
  The airline was founded in 1978 by Lelco, an American company. Following German reunification, Air Berlin was sold and became a German company in 1991. It joined the Oneworld alliance in 2012. After years of losses, Air Berlin filed for insolvency on 15 August 2017 and ceased operations on 27 October 2017.
context_section_description: Air Berlin was loss-making for several years.  The key figures for the whole Air Berlin Group (including Niki) for the full years of operation leading up to its closure were (as at year ending 31 December):
caption: Stefan Pichler, CEO of Air Berlin from 2016 to February 2017.
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