Condor leases a first A330-200

Condor (Germany) sub-leased an A330-200 from Air Transat (Canada) for the winter. This is the first A330 to be operated by Condor, which to date has operated 767-300ERs on it's long haul services. The airline does operate a modest fleet of nine A320s (with additional aircraft wet leased in during the summer) and seven A321s.

Airbus A330-243 MSN 971 F/F 11/12/08
Mexicana XA-MXQ 12/17/08 - 8/28/10
Air Transat C-GTSZ F/N 202 10/19/10 - present (leased out)
Condor C-GTSZ 10/31/17 - present

Condor - Current Fleet
9 x A320
7 x A321
13 x 757-300
17 x 767-300ER
Total: 46

Air Berlin bows out

Air Berlin - no longer 'your airline' ceased branded operations October 27th with a final flight from Munich to Berlin October 27th, ending 38 years of operations (initially as Air Berlin USA in 1979).

Airbus A320-214 MSN 2627 F/F 11/28/05
Air Berlin D-ABNW 1/15/16 - 10/27/17 [LF GECAS]

The airline's recent woes and analysis of the airline's situation has been well documented by this blog and from links provided to other entities commentary and opinion. It is now known that (subject to regulatory approvals) the majority of the business, including 81 A320s, will be acquired by Lufthansa for integration into it's Eurowings low cost subsidiary, while EasyJet will acquire 25 A320s, plus a sizable portion of the airline's Berlin Tegel operation. Below illustrates examples of Air Berlin's modern jet fleet operated in the last 10-15 years.

Fokker 100 MSN 11278
Air Berlin D-AGBP 3/04 - 11/08
Currently with Alliance Airlines (Australia) as VH-XWN

Boeing 737-5L9 MSN 28996 L/N 2998
Air Berlin OY-APL 8/06 - 10/07 (the only 737-500 in Air Berlin's fleet)
Currently with Travira Air (Indonesia) PK-TVZ

Boeing 737-46J MSN 27826 L/N 2694
Air Berlin D-ABAH 2/95 - 1/07
Currently stored Kabul, damaged following a hard landing 12/10/16 Safi Airways JY-JAQ (probable write off)

Boeing 737-86J MSN 37741 L/N 2686
Air Berlin D-ABKC 7/08 - 6/13
Currently with S7 Airlines (Russia) VP-BUG

Airbus A319-112 MSN 3245
Air Berlin D-ABGH 9/07 - 3/17 (Interim colors)
Currently with Eurowings (Germany) D-ABGH

Airbus A320-214 MSN 4101
Air Berlin D-ABFA 11/09 - 10/17
Currently stored Ostrava

Airbus A321-211 MSN 3708
Air Berlin D-ABCA 11/08 - 12/16
Currently with Niki OE-LCA

Airbus A330-223 MSN 288
Air Berlin D-ABXA 8/11 - 10/17
Currently stored at Lourdes

Air Berlin...Danke und tschuss

Air Berlin files for bankruptcy

Air Berlin bowed to the inevitable, and filed for bankruptcy, following shareholder Etihad Airways declining to provide further funding. Operations continue during restructuring, with the German government providing a bridge loan of $177M. It is widely expected that parts of the company will be acquired by Lufthansa, who has already wet-leased up to 40 A320s to support the growth of it's Eurowings low cost division. [Subsequently Ryanair, EasyJet, Thomas Cook / Condor and others have expressed an interest in acquiring certain assets of Air Berlin. Will Air Berlin survive in some form as an airline? No - probably not].

Air Berlin's current operational fleet (excluding aircraft leased to Eurowings, Niki and Belair) comprises 5 x 737-700, 9 x 737-800, 37 x A320, 17 x A330-200.

Air Berlin's slow descent into bankruptcy
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Analysis by FlightGlobal (Registration Required)
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AeroLogic leases used 777F

AeroLogic (Germany) has leased a used Boeing 777F (MSN 37708/774 D-AALI) from GECAS, adding to eight existing aircraft that were delivered new between 2009 and 2010.

The aircraft (model 777-F6N) was delivered new to LAN Cargo as N772LA April 28th 2009, later transferring to LATAM Cargo May 2016. The aircraft was returned off lease in June.

Sundair takes delivery of first A320

Sundair (Germany) has taken delivery of it's first (of two) ex-LATAM Airbus A320-200s prior to commencing charter operations. The aircraft MSN 4974 D-ASEF was originally delivered to TAM Brasil as PR-MYO December 19th 2011, before transferring to the LATAM brand May 2016.

Airbus A320-214 MSN 4974 F/F 12/13/11
TAM PR-MYO 12/19/11 - 5/5/16
LATAM PR-MYO 5/5/16 - 4/20/17
Sundair D-ASEF 9/27/17 - present

Azur Air Germany receives first 767-300ER

Azur Air Germany took delivery of it's first (of three initially planned) Boeing 767-300ER (MSN 25077/385 D-AZUB), to be based at Dusseldorf, but also operating from Berlin and Munich. This 767 has previously operated for Aeromaritime (France), delivered new in August 1991, shortly after transferring to parent Air France until May 2003. The aircraft was then leased to now bankrupt Transaero (Russia) between July 2003 and October 2015. The leisure airline will fly to Mediterranean destinations and the Caribbean, operating exclusively for Anex Tour. Azur Air also operates airlines in Russia and Ukraine.