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It's a small point, but was it the Allies or the occupying powers (France, US, Britian, Solviet Union) that were permitted to fly out of Berlin? DJ Clayworth 18:09, 10 Feb 2004 (UTC)

The occupying powers. Of course, the Allies generally were flying out of West Berlin and the Soviets out of East Berlin. TL, 8 May 2006.

It appears that the official fleet size of Air Berlin is either 54 or 58, depending on which part of the website you look at -- airberlin:Facts and Figures or airberlin.com:The Fleet. Either number seems low. Does anybody have information (with a source, please) on the latest figures?

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Air Berlin logo.png

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[edit] History

Have amended and expanded the "History" section by adding and referencing further relevant facts relating to the company's formative period during the Allied/Cold War era. Have also added a new category "Defunct airlines of the United States" as the original company Air Berlin, Inc. has been superseded by Air Berlin GmbH & Co. Luftverkehrs AG. Technically, these are two separate companies, with the former ceasing to exist in 1990 when it was bought out by German shareholders and reconstituted as the latter under German company law. Therefore, that company is now defunct. Pimpom123 16:21, 05 December 2007 (GMT)

Perhaps they should be different articles for the American-owned and Germany-owned eras. MilborneOne (talk) 19:51, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

The logo being used in the article is outdated. Air Berline recently changed their livery, logo, website appearance, etc. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.242.73.200 (talk) 16:15, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] NPOV removal from article

The following has been removed from the article due to it being blatantly WP:NPOV.

On June 2008 airberlin's CEO, Joachim Hunold, published an editorial^[1] where he attacks the use of the Catalan language, saying that it is "like going back to the Middle Ages" and "using Spanish is enough". As in Catalan speaking places of spain this kind of speech is linked to the fascist regimes of the 20th century (Nationalsocialism), this political attack made by an important German company caused a big scandal^[2][3]. In 2007 airberlin had attacked using similar words the possibility that the Spanish government invested less in the Madrid airport and a little more in Barcelona's El Prat^[4].

--Россавиа ^Диалог 02:18, 10 June 2008 (UTC)