Air Berlin

Air Berlin is Germany's second largest airline, after Lufthansa, and Europe's sixth largest airline in terms of passengers. The airline operates an extensive semi-low-cost network including holiday destinations in the Mediterranean region, the Canary Islands and North Africa as well as intercontinental destinations in South East Asia, the Caribbean and the United States.

Air Berlin concentrates on serving major German and European cities to attract business traffic. A total of 23 German cities are served, more than any other airline. The airline is headquartered in Building 2 of the Airport Bureau Center in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Berlin. Its largest hub is Berlin-Tegel Airport. Other hub airports are Dusseldorf Airport, Nuremberg Airport and Son Sant Joan Airport, Palma. In January 2010 Air Berlin's fleet, including those of its subsidiaries, consisted of 146 operational aircraft.

In contrast to pure European low-cost carriers like Ryanair or easyJet, Air Berlin offers free (at the point of consumption) in-flight snacks and drinks. Full meals are available for purchase on short haul flights longer than 90 minutes, on flights over six hours they are complimentary. One can order gourmet meals, which are, according to the airline, created by chefs at "Sansibar", a famous restaurant on the island of Sylt. The airline also offers free newspapers, assigned seating, and guaranteed flight connections. On flights operated by Airbus A330-200 aircraft, a dedicated business class section is offered. On most flight, Air Berlin offers movies and tv shows.

Like many other airlines, Air Berlin has a frequent flyer scheme. Air Berlin's frequent flyer program (called topbonus) is operated jointly with Niki. Points (“miles”) can be collected on all flights, and these can be redeemed later for free flights (award flights) or for an upgrade to business class. In addition to the “topbonus Card Classic” there are cards with Silver and Gold status. A Service Card, for which a charge is made, available. I must mention here, the personal is very kind and gentile with the passengers. It may happen that some planes to delay but this is because they are waiting for all the passengers to be on board.

A flight from Dusseldorf to Palma de Mallorca costs minimum 270 Euro for one adult
A flight from Copenhagen to Dusseldorf costs minimum 154 Euro for one adult

Scandinavian Airlines

SAS was founded on 1 August 1946 when Det Danske Luftfartselskab A/S, AB Aerotransport and Det Norske Luftfartselskap AS (the flag carriers of Denmark, Sweden and Norway) formed a partnership to handle intercontinental traffic to Scandinavia. Operations started on 17 September 1946. The companies then started coordination of European operations in 1948 and finally merged to form the current SAS Consortium in 1951. When established the airline was divided between SAS Danmark (28.6%), SAS Norge (28.6%) and SAS Sweden (42.8%), all owned 50% by private investors and 50% by their respective governments. SAS gradually acquired control of the domestic markets in all three countries by acquiring full or partial control of several local airlines. In May 1997 SAS formed the global Star Alliance network with Air Canada, Lufthansa, Thai Airways International and United Airlines.

Scandinavian Airlines System Aktiebolag, trading as SAS Group and SAS AB, is a holding company based in Solna, Sweden. It is the parent company of the airlines Scandinavian Airlines, Blue1 and Widerøe, and the aviation services companies SAS Business Opportunities, SAS Cargo Group, SAS Ground Services and SAS Technical Services. It holds minority ownership of Air Greenland, Estonian Air, Skyways Express and Spanair. The company is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange, the Stockholm Stock Exchange and the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.

There exists a SAS Museum at Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, where the exhibits represent an important part of Scandinavian civil aviation history. The museum collections cover Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) as well as its parent companies: AB Aerotransport (ABA), Det Danske Luftfartselskab (DDL) and Det Norske Luftfartselskap (DNL). SAS is an important North European company, some of their flights may be very expensive. For instance the costs bellow: 

- a fly, 2ways, from Copenhagen to New York costs 4000 DKK (533 Euro)

- a fly, one way, from Copenhagen to Aalborg costs 295 DKK (40 Euro)

- a fly, 2 ways, from Copenahgen to Bangkok costs 6345 DKK (846 Euro)