Helmut Himmelreich takes over as new airberlin COO

Helmut Himmelreich is taking over as the new Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Air Berlin PLC. Since March 2010 he has been airberlin’s Chief Maintenance Officer. That post will now be filled by his deputy, Marco Ciomperlik, who has already been a member of the Management Board at airberlin technik for some years. Christoph Debus, since June 2009 a member of the Executive Board of Air Berlin PLC, has decided to leave airberlin with effect from 31st December of this year to look for a different professional challenge by going abroad to take on new responsibilities within the industry.