airberlin to cease Caribbean operations from late Sep-2017

11 September, 2017

airberlin announced (11-Sep-2017) plans to suspend Caribbean services from Dusseldorf Airport. According to an 11-Sep-2017 GDS and inventory timetable display, details include:

  • Duesseldorf-Cancun: Suspend twice weekly service from 23-Sep-2017;
  • Duesseldorf-Curacao: Suspend weekly service from 19-Sep-2017;
  • Duesseldorf-Havana: Suspend twice weekly service from 23-Sep-2017;
  • Duesseldorf-Puerto Plata: Suspend twice weekly service from 21-Sep-2017;
  • Duesseldorf-Punta Cana: Suspend three times weekly service;
  • Duesseldorf-Varadero: Suspend twice weekly service from 22-Sep-2017.

airberlin plans to reimburse any tickets on the sectors purchased after the filing for insolvency proceedings on 15-Aug-2017. Tickets that were issued before the filing for insolvency proceedings will not be reimbursed due to insolvency law regulations. [more - original PR - English/German]