=20 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This article was sent to you by someone who found it on SFGate. The original article can be found on SFGate.com here: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=3D/n/a/2008/10/30/financial/= f085958D62.DTL --------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, October 30, 2008 (AP) Air Berlin to shutter dba flights Nov. 30 (10-30) 08:59 PDT FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- Air Berlin PLC said Thursday it will close its dba airline unit at the e= nd of November, a planned move to fold it into the parent company. Munich-based dba's domestic flights within Germany will stop flying after Nov. 30 and its 120 pilots and 175 flight attendants will be offered similar jobs within Air Berlin. Dba currently has a fleet of nine aircraft. Three of those planes, older Boeing 737s, will be retired from service. Air Berlin, the third-biggest discount carrier in Europe behind Ryanair and easyJet, and Germany's second-biggest airline behind Deutsche Lufthansa AG, bought rival dba in 2006 which helped it increase its overall sales in the German market. Managers of dba bought the company from British Airways PLC in 2003. Air Berlin operates hundreds of domestic and international flights. Its shares were up 7.8 percent to 3.04 euros ($3.88) in Frankfurt trading after the announcement. ___ On the Net: www.airberlin.com ------------------------------------------------------= ---------------- Copyright 2008 AP <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If you wish to unsubscribe from the AIRLINE List, please send an E-mail to: "listserv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx". Within the body of the text, only write the following:"SIGNOFF AIRLINE".