Air Berlin (1991) (Berlin Tegel) will likely be allowed to keep EUR300million (USD405million) in recapitalization funding extended it by shareholder Etihad Airways (EY, Abu Dhabi International) in April this year. Germany's aero.de reports the European Commission will not likely veto the injection following its recent investigation into the deal.

After Air Berlin registered a full-year operating loss of EUR231.9million for its 2013/14 Financial Year, Etihad, which owns a 29.2% stake in the German carrier, said in April that it would buy EUR300million worth of bonds convertible into stock and which would have no maturity and would count toward equity.