Originally Posted by
the810
Well, I think separate companies are OK even when sharing brand. And I think we were talking about brand, not company (after all, AB doesn't own all 100% of NIKI)

Absolutely, they may become all airberlin keeping Belair and Niki as legal entities to enjoy those flight rights connected to their "nationality" when this is necessary. In fact here in ZRH Belair only appears on the schedules but the customer experience is all AB, from check-in to AB branded plane to AB onboard service, etc.