Originally Posted by
scnzzz
Originally Posted by
flyingcrazy
Are Air Berlin and S7 high quality airlines?
Don't know. But they appear (a) to be stable and (b) to add substantial network coverage in mainland Europe as well as Russia + most of the *fillintheblank*-stans that aren't currently covered by the existing members. So there's value/relevance there. Same goes for Malaysian (in SE Asia), and although it's been 20+ years since I flew them last, I understand they are a pretty decent outfit.
They certainly appear to be several notches above AI.
Air Berlin is not really stable because they have serious financial problems and had to cut down their network. They are as decent as a LCC and holiday carrier can get. (For 1W users located in Oz: Air Berlin is similar to what Virgin Blue used to be before they decided to abandon the LCC game and became Virgin Australia.)