German carrier Air Berlin is to reduce the number of aircraft in its fleet by 10% by the end of this year and will suspend its newly-launched services to China for the winter, in order to reduce costs.

Air Berlin is to remove four Airbus A330-300s from long-haul routes and redeploy three of them on medium-haul services, primarily from Nuremberg. The fourth will be used as a backup aircraft, as well as specific shuttle flights to transport cruise passengers.

Another 14 short- and medium-haul aircraft – mainly older types with high fuel consumption – will be taken out of service completely. These changes will reduce the size of Air Berlin’s fleet from 134 to 120 aircraft by the end of this ye

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