Hartmut Mehdorn

Ruediger Grube To Become New  CEO Of Deutschen Bahn
Ruediger Grube To Become New  CEO Of Deutschen Bahn
Ruediger Grube To Become New  CEO Of Deutschen Bahn

New chief named for troubled new Berlin airport

Germany's transport minister on Friday appointed a former head of Air Berlin and the country's rail operator Deutsche Bahn as the new chief of Berlin's much-delayed main new airport.
 

Germany's Air Berlin ups cost-cutting goal

Air Berlin, Germany's second largest airline after Lufthansa, said on Monday it was increasing its cost-cutting drive as it battles fierce headwinds in the European aviation sector.
 

Etihad lifts stake in Air Berlin to 29%

United Arab Emirates airline, Etihad, is to pay 72.9 million euros ($95 million) to become the biggest shareholder in Germany's second-largest airline, Air Berlin, the German group said on Monday.
 

Air Berlin to keep turning cost-cut screw: report

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German loss-making airline Air Berlin <AB1.DE> aims to trim costs by up to 250 million euros (£213.6 million) per year, a German magazine reported, which would be one fourth above its official savings target for 2012 of 200 million euros.
 

Air Berlin to keep turning cost-cut screw - report

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German loss-making airline Air Berlin <AB1.DE> aims to trim costs by up to 250 million euros (£213.6 million) per year, a German magazine reported, which would be one fourth above its official savings target for 2012 of 200 million euros.
 

German airline 'seeks' Chinese, Gulf investors

Struggling airline Air Berlin, Germany's second-biggest carrier, is on the hunt for investors and has already begun talks with potential partners from China or the Gulf, a German daily reported on Friday.
 

Austria's Niki Lauda sells airline to Air Berlin

Former Austrian Formula One champion Niki Lauda announced Tuesday he was selling all his remaining shares in his low-cost airline Niki to its German partner Air Berlin.
 

German rail faces fine for email spying: spokesman

The German railway Deutsche Bahn faces a fine for spying on its staff's emails, a spokesman told AFP, without revealing the amount.
 

Deutsche Bank managers 'leave amid spy probe'

Germany's biggest bank, Deutsche Bank, is embroiled in another spying scandal in the corporate sector that according to a financial source has led two managers to leave the company amid a probe by prosecutors.
 

New German national railway boss to take over Fri.

Ruediger Grube will take over as head of German national rail operator Deutsche Bahn on Friday under a five-year contract, the company's supervisory board agreed Saturday.
 

Germany names new national railway boss

The German government said it would nominate Ruediger Grube as head of the national rail operator Deutsche Bahn after its former boss resigned amid a staff spy scandal.
 

Airbus Germany spied on staff: spokesman

The German unit of Airbus said Wednesday it spied on its employees, comparing their bank account numbers with those of suppliers, in what it called an attempt to fight corruption.
 

Embattled German rail chief offers to resign

The head of Germany's train operator, the country's biggest public company, said Monday he would quit after the latest in a string of scandals lost him the backing of Chancellor Angela Merkel.