A gennaio 2016 Air Berlin cancellerà le rotte da PMI a Ibiza, Alicante, Siviglia, Valencia. A marzo sarà la volta di Málaga, Jerez de la Frontera, Bilbao, Faro (Portogallo).
A quanto pare la decisione di smantellare l'hub delle Baleari è conseguenza dei bassi risultati ottenuti nei primi 9 mesi del 2015: €191M di perdite.
The main reason is that these flights only create deficit due to a highly competitive market that has increased recently as the domestic market recovers. From now on Air Berlin has a clear target: to focus on increasing capacity on the long haul flights. They will concentrate on the Dusseldorf and Berlin Tegel airports.In spite of the fact that Air Berlin will close the hub in Palma they don’t intend to leave the airport, in reality they intend to do the opposite. The airline expects to operate 9% more flights to Germany, Austria and Switzerland with over 500 weekly frequencies. They are already in talks with other airlines that also operate those domestic routes in order to keep offering the possibility of going to Germany, Austria or Switzerland from different origins in Spain, but always via Palma.
Fonti:
http://www.elmundo.es/baleares/2015/11/13/5645b153e2704e111f8b4670.html
http://www.flightconsulting.com/air-berlin-to-close-palma-hub-in-the-first-quarter-of-2016/
http://majorcadailybulletin.com/news/local/2015/11/14/42236/air-berlin-close-palma-hub.html
A quanto pare la decisione di smantellare l'hub delle Baleari è conseguenza dei bassi risultati ottenuti nei primi 9 mesi del 2015: €191M di perdite.
The main reason is that these flights only create deficit due to a highly competitive market that has increased recently as the domestic market recovers. From now on Air Berlin has a clear target: to focus on increasing capacity on the long haul flights. They will concentrate on the Dusseldorf and Berlin Tegel airports.In spite of the fact that Air Berlin will close the hub in Palma they don’t intend to leave the airport, in reality they intend to do the opposite. The airline expects to operate 9% more flights to Germany, Austria and Switzerland with over 500 weekly frequencies. They are already in talks with other airlines that also operate those domestic routes in order to keep offering the possibility of going to Germany, Austria or Switzerland from different origins in Spain, but always via Palma.
Fonti:
http://www.elmundo.es/baleares/2015/11/13/5645b153e2704e111f8b4670.html
http://www.flightconsulting.com/air-berlin-to-close-palma-hub-in-the-first-quarter-of-2016/
http://majorcadailybulletin.com/news/local/2015/11/14/42236/air-berlin-close-palma-hub.html
