The liquidators of insolvent German airline Germania (ST, Berlin Schönefeld) are in talks with "several" investors and see a chance to restart the airline, dpa newswire has reported.
"Our primary goal is to keep the airline operational in order to keep the take-off and landing slots. This is the basic requirement for a solution, which could include the acquisition of the business as a part or as a whole," provisional insolvency administrator Rüdiger Wienberg said.
The airline filed for bankruptcy on February 4, 2019. While it has lost its operating licence immediately afterwards, its Air Operator's Certificate (AOC) remains active, allowing the liquidators to retain slots owned by Germania. So far, no staff have been laid off, either.
Wienberg did not name any potential investors. Former airberlin group CEO Joachim Hunold, logistics firm Zeitfracht, and aviation investor Hans-Rudolf Wöhrl were all named as potential bidders shortly before Germania's declaration of bankruptcy. According to the WirtschaftsWoche, the airline secured EUR20 million euros (USD22.6 million) out of some EUR30 million euros (USD34 million) it needed to...
