BA owner IAG among bidders for Air Berlin: sources
British Airways owner IAG has joined the field of bidders for parts or all of insolvent German airline Air Berlin, two people familiar with the matter said Monday. Lufthansa (LHAG.DE) and several other parties had put in bids for parts of Air Berlin by the deadline of Friday set by the insolvency administrator. Air Berlin is Germany’s second-biggest airline after Lufthansa. It employs more than 8,000 people. Most potential investors appear interested primarily in the airline’s roughly 140 aircraft and its airport landing and take-off slots rather than in taking over the business. It could not immediately be learned what parts of Air Berlin IAG has bid for.<br/>
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BA owner IAG among bidders for Air Berlin: sources
British Airways owner IAG has joined the field of bidders for parts or all of insolvent German airline Air Berlin, two people familiar with the matter said Monday. Lufthansa (LHAG.DE) and several other parties had put in bids for parts of Air Berlin by the deadline of Friday set by the insolvency administrator. Air Berlin is Germany’s second-biggest airline after Lufthansa. It employs more than 8,000 people. Most potential investors appear interested primarily in the airline’s roughly 140 aircraft and its airport landing and take-off slots rather than in taking over the business. It could not immediately be learned what parts of Air Berlin IAG has bid for.<br/>
