DBA (airline)
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Founded | 1992 | ||||||
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Ceased operations | 30 November 2008 | ||||||
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Headquarters | Hallbergmoos, Bavaria, Germany |
DBA Luftfahrtgesellschaft mbH, founded as Delta Air and formerly branded as Deutsche BA, was a
It was acquired by Air Berlin in August 2006 when operating as dba, but continued to operate independently, marketed as Air Berlin (powered by dba)[3] until being dissolved by its parent company Air Berlin on 30 November 2008.[4]
History
Foundation by British Airways
Deutsche BA was established in 1992, when British Airways (BA) acquired a 49% stake in the Friedrichshafen-based regional airline Delta Air. BA acquired the remaining shares in 1997.[3]
When Carl Michel became CEO, the fleet was streamlined to consist entirely of 18
First sale and planned mergers
In June 2003, BA announced plans to sell Deutsche BA to Intro Verwaltungsgesellschaft for a token sum of 1 Euro. In addition BA would invest £25m into the airline and guarantee its fleet of 16 Boeing 737s for a year. In return BA would receive 25% of any profits or proceeds from a sale until June 2006. It was rebranded as dba.
In March 2005 dba announced its intention to acquire rival airline
In the fiscal year ending 31 March 2005, dba announced its first profit since creation in 1992, of 'between €1m and €2m [5] on sales of around €265m. 3 million passengers flew on dba aircraft in the year ending March 2005. The airline was owned by Intro Verwaltungsgesellschaft (80%) and Martin Gauss and Peter Wojahn (20%), and had 660 employees (at January 2005).[citation needed]
On 17 February 2006, dba announced the purchase of 60% of LTU. Hans-Rudolf Wöhrl, the majority owner of dba, planned to link the operations of LTU and dba, with dba flying inside Germany and LTU serving international destinations. It would allow LTU to increase its longhaul services by providing feeder services to Munich and Düsseldorf. LTU managing director Jürgen Marbach took a 24% stake in the carrier.[citation needed]
Sale to Air Berlin
In February 2006 Lutz Helmig acquired a 25.1% stake in the airline through the Aton company. On August 17, 2006, it was announced that Air Berlin had acquired 100% of the shares in dba. The two airlines would operate under their current identities, with dba continuing to operate as an independent company under the Air Berlin umbrella, but in future would be marketed as Air Berlin ("powered by dba"). It had 700 employees (at March 2007).[3] The winter 2006 flight schedules were harmonised and a joint schedule will be in place for the summer 2007 season.
On 6 September 2006, the German Federal Cartel Office cleared the acquisition of 100% of the shares of dba by Air Berlin without restrictions to allow finalisation of the takeover.[6]
On 30 November 2008 the parent company Air Berlin dissolved the company dba and fully integrated its planes into the Air Berlin fleet.[4]
Fleet
When branded as Deutsche BA, the airline operated the following aircraft types in a livery similar to British Airways:[7]
- Boeing 737-300
- Boeing 737-400
- Dornier 228
- Fokker 100
- Saab 2000
- Saab 340A
References
- ^ "World Airline Directory." Flight International. 29 March-4 April 1995. 68. "Wartungsallee 13, Munchen-Flughafen, Munchen D-85 356, Germany"
- ^ "Contact Us." DBA. 4 February 2004. Retrieved on 21 January 2010. "dba Luftfahrtgesellschaft mbH Wartungsallee 13 85356 München,. Munich Airport Germany" The address on Google Maps goes to "Wartungsallee 13 85356 Hallbergmoos, Germany."
- ^ a b c "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. p. 72.
- ^ a b "Aero.de - Luftfahrt-Nachrichten und -Community". Archived from the original on February 27, 2009. Retrieved December 3, 2008.
- ^ DW World
- ^ Air Berlin Press Release Archived November 24, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ http://www.airliners.net, photos of Deutsche BA aircraft
External links
Media related to dba at Wikimedia Commons
- Flydba.com (Archive) (in German)
- Deutsche-ba.de (Archive) (in German) (1996–2001)