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Aug 21, 2017 (newstodate): The uncertainty over the future of Air Berlin, now filing for protection after Etihad pulled the plug, will be felt also at Iceland's Keflavik Airport.
Air Berlin has been operating into Keflavik Airport for 12 years, with two daily flights during this summer's schedule and with year-round services from the German destinations Berlin and Dusseldorf continuing during the winter schedule.
Three out of every 100 flights from Keflavik in July 2017 were performed by Air Berlin and its subsidiary FlyNiki.
It is now uncertain if Air Berlin's traffic at Keflavik Airport will continue after the end of the grace period supported by a German state guarantee providing for three months' operations.
As an immediate response, Air Berlin now has to pay landing fees in advance at Keflavik Airport as is also the case at several other airports in the carrier's route network.
Also driven by the latest development, Icelandair has announced the start of flights on its coming new route between Iceland and Berlin, to be launched from November 3, 2017, with initially three weekly rotations.
Berlin will thus become Icelandair's 4th destination in Germany, after Frankfurt, Munich and Hamburg
Air Berlin has been operating into Keflavik Airport for 12 years, with two daily flights during this summer's schedule and with year-round services from the German destinations Berlin and Dusseldorf continuing during the winter schedule.
Three out of every 100 flights from Keflavik in July 2017 were performed by Air Berlin and its subsidiary FlyNiki.
It is now uncertain if Air Berlin's traffic at Keflavik Airport will continue after the end of the grace period supported by a German state guarantee providing for three months' operations.
As an immediate response, Air Berlin now has to pay landing fees in advance at Keflavik Airport as is also the case at several other airports in the carrier's route network.
Also driven by the latest development, Icelandair has announced the start of flights on its coming new route between Iceland and Berlin, to be launched from November 3, 2017, with initially three weekly rotations.
Berlin will thus become Icelandair's 4th destination in Germany, after Frankfurt, Munich and Hamburg