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Air Berlin
gives up business from the Allgäu. With the starting of the winter schedule the
airline is going to abandon its last German destination without substitution,
the connection to Berlin. The explanatory statement was the narrow margin and
above all the business hours of the airport which do not allow a schedule
landing from 22 to 23 o´clock. Indeed all signs stay on growth: plus 40%
passengers in the first seven months this year and a utilized capacity of 80%.
Nevertheless Air Berlin complains about narrow margins, as they did with
Hamburg and Köln.
“The
associates of Stuttgart and Munich do take us very seriously because of our
latest success” explains Ralf Schmid, announcer of the Allgäu Airport
management, because for him it is also a strategic move of Air Berlin to
concentrate more on Stuttgart and Munich.
Now the
airport management wants to intensify the negotiations with airlines although
the new air tax is not very helpful, said Mr. Schmid, because the airlines are
scheduling very carefully.
Last year
the Allgäu Airport gained a record growth rate of 75% and altogether 812,000
passengers. Unbowed is the commitment of the Irish airline Ryanair in
Memmingen.
They are operating 17
destinations from Memmingen.
Altogether
the Airport has 23 destinations this summer and in winter Porto and Valencia
will join the attractive transport network of Memmingen and the airline Wizz
Air is thinking about more destinations, too.
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