Air101: Breaking Lufthansa to buy 83 Air Berlin aircraft

Thursday, 12 October 2017

Breaking Lufthansa to buy 83 Air Berlin aircraft

Lufthansa's CEO Carsten Spohr will sign a deal today to buy a large part of the insolvent German carrier Air Berlin.

“We will see a milestone in the history of Lufthansa and Berlin today,” he said.

It's understood the deal will include 83 aircraft and over 3000 staff will be reemployed with Lufthansa. Details later.

Meet the team

Jason Shaw.

Jason Shaw's love of the aviation industry started at a young age when he used to watch the whirlybirds of Bristow Helicopters coming and going from the garden of his Surrey childhood home. Since those days he's worked in a number of key areas within the aviation industry from airlines, travel agents, holiday companies and product selection to reporting on it for local radio and making video travel brochures.

Jason is also an experienced broadcaster, having presented on radio, television, corporate videos and video travel brochures. He's an avid writer and written a number of books, articles, features and reports. He also loves to travel and his favourite destinations include Port Douglas, Singapore and Copenhagen.

Joshua Jordan.

Josh loves to travel and has a passionate interest in the airline industry. He's worked in both travel and the media for a number of years. His voice can often be heard on Internet-based radio stations as well and the odd commercial! The destination he calls his favourite is - New York.

Adam Shaw

Adam is the youngest member of the team, no relation to Jason and like the rest of the team, he has a keen interest in airlines, aircraft and aviation. His favourite destination is Prague and has just started taking flying lessons.

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Thursday, 12 October 2017

Breaking Lufthansa to buy 83 Air Berlin aircraft