Zeitfracht and Nayak take over airberlin maintenance unit

airberlin’s maintenance unit, has been acquired by family-owned Zeitfracht and maintenance group Nayak, for a sum as yet undisclosed. This should save approximately 300 jobs. Zeitfracht is also buying Air Berlin’s cargo marketing unit. The remaining 550 maintenance employees who will not be going to Zeitfracht will be taken on by a so-called ‘transfer company’ which will take on a total of approximately 1,200 redundant Air Berlin ground handling staff and will subsequently look to source new employment opportunities for them. This figure is still appreciably lower than the 4,000 staff unions had hoped would be taken care of.