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Dusseldorf – Achim Hunold ( "We are aiming this year to 25 million passengers) is more suitable for big surprises. On his favorite island of Majorca, the Chief of Air Berlin, Düsseldorf now fed speculation that the recently acquired LTU brand could soon disappear from the sky. Hunold also preparing a new spectacular coup against Air Berlin wants to buy Karstadt subsidiary Condor.
Even now after the second largest German airline Lufthansa also seeks to innovate. So you want to Lohausen (Hunold: "Dusseldorf and Palma, our largest airports") are creating a hub for long-haul flights, has applied for traffic rights for Beijing, Shanghai and New Delhi. With LTU, Air Berlin has a carrier in 23 long-term goals around the world.
"Düsseldorf International" is eleven million passengers on intercontinental flights by the way) just behind Munich (12.3 million travelers. The undisputed leader is Frankfurt (38.9 million).
Hunold announced at a meeting with Airport CEO Christoph Blume ( "For us, the Air Berlin Group's biggest customer") on Mallorca on that he wanted to make it more attractive for the long-haul business customers.
In the Jets LTU-type A 330 per 30 business seats are installed. Whether the name LTU will continue to endure, was currently being investigated. "Mid-September we will have an overview on how to continue." In any case, LTU to remain an independent company.
The acquisition of the holiday airline has been in Spain, moreover, not yet approved by the antitrust authorities. The designated Air Berlin spokesman Peter Hauptvogel but only as a formality.