ZURICH (Reuters) – Swiss airline Belair, formerly part of collapsed low-cost carrier Air Berlin (AB1.DE), has been taken over by German investment company SBC.
SBC, based in Duesseldorf, said on Monday it wanted flights to resume as soon as possible and former Belair staff would be offered their jobs back after it made a deal with Air Berlins administrators.
A spokesman for SBC declined to say how much it paid for the low-cost Swiss airline, which had sales of around 90 million Swiss francs ($93.47 million) in 2016.
The takeover is the latest chapter in the breakup of Air Berlins business, with Austrian low-cost airline Niki also attracting interest from fresh bidders.
Around 200 Belair staff lost their jobs when it closed last year fol…
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