Expansion for Air Berlin PLC Board

Dr. Lothar Steinebach and Andries B. van Luijk are new Non-Executive Directors on the Board of Directors

Dr. Lothar Steinebach, longstanding Chief Financial Officer at Henkel AG, and aviation expert Andries B. van Luijk are set to join Air Berlin PLC’s Board of Directors as of today.

Dr. Steinebach has worked for a total of 32 years for Henkel AG & Co KGaA; from 2003 until 2012, he was the board member with responsibility for finance and from 2007 he was additionally responsible for the purchasing, IT, and law departments.

Andries B. van Luijk, who comes from the Netherlands, started his career in 1969 working for KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. Until 1999, he held a number of different positions around the world for the airline, i.a. as Executive Vice-President Passenger Sales and Services and Chairman of the KLM-NWA Joint Venture.

Commenting on this expansion of the Board, Dr. Hans-Joachim Körber, Chairman of Air Berlin PLC’s Board of Directors, said: “With the addition of Dr. Lothar Steinebach and Andries van Luijk, we are enhancing the competencies of the Board of Directors of Air Berlin PLC. Andries van Luijk’s decades of experience in the airline industry and Dr. Lothar Steinebach’s professional expertise will make an important contribution to the further strategic positioning of Germany’s second largest airline.”

airberlin is one of the leading airlines in Europe and flies to 151 destinations worldwide. The second largest airline in Germany carried more than 33 million passengers in 2012. airberlin offers a global route network through its strategic partnership with Etihad Airways, which has a 29.21% share in airberlin, and through membership of the oneworld® airline alliance. The airline with the award-winning service operates codeshare flights worldwide with 16 airlines. The fleet has an average age of five years and is among the most modern and eco-efficient in Europe.