German Greens complain about the bankruptcy of Air Berlin

A little over a year after the last flight of Air Berlin, a report from the German press announced that German courts would soon be busy dealing with one of the biggest bankruptcies in the world. ;after war.

As reported today the "Tagesspiegel", accuses the German parliamentary group of German Greens Government not to disclose the essential content of an opinion on the situation of the airline. The Greens therefore go to the Federal Constitutional Court.

Publication of required notices

"Since the federal government is blocking access to the file and therefore parliamentary control, the Greens are now complaining to the Federal Constitutional Court," Katharina Dröge told the paper. With other deputies, she – also in similar cases concerning the construction project of the station Stuttgart 21 – submitted the application.

The Greens want to require that an opinion prepared by the auditors of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) before filing for bankruptcy in August 2017 be published in full. This document was the basis of a decision of the Chancellery and the Ministry of Economic Affairs of the SPD at the time to instruct the Federal KFW, Air Berlin, to pay an emergency loan of 150 million euros.

Review of liability claims

According to "Tagesspiegel", Lucas Flöther, insolvency administrator at Air Berlin, also checks whether former company executives can be held responsible. He had charged PwC with "examining any claims of liability against corporate bodies," the Flöther newspaper said. He also threatened the former majority shareholder Etihad Airways of a legal dispute. After years of losses on October 27, 2017, Air Berlin has finally ceased operations.