Bertolt Flick

Bertolt Martin Flick (born 1964, Germany) is a German businessman, the former president and CEO of airBaltic airline.

Bertolt Flick, 2010

He has a law degree from the University of Heidelberg, Germany.[1]

In 1995, Flick became a member of airBaltic's Supervisory Board and in 1999 he was elected the Chairman of the Board. Between 2002 and 2011, he was the president and CEO of the company. On January 30, 2009 Flick purchased a 47.2% stake in airBaltic from Scandinavian Airlines via Baltijas aviācijas sistēmas Ltd (BAS) for 14 million lats.[2] BAS was wholly owned by Flick until December 2010, when 50% of BAS shares were transferred to Taurus Asset Management Fund Limited, registered in the Bahamas.[3] The beneficiaries of the company were widely disputed.[4][5]

Under the leadership of Flick, airBaltic lost 173 million euros between 2010 and 2011. In August 2011, airBaltic requested more than 60 million lats in capital as its losses continued to mount,[6] and suffered speculation about its financial position[7][8][9][10] and political scandals throughout 2011.[11][12] In mid-September 2011, the company announced plans to lay off around half its employees and cancel around 700 flights a month to avoid possible grounding.[13][14] The government of Latvia and BAS agreed to invest around 100 million lats in the airline's share capital in proportion to their stakes in AirBaltic.[15][16] In connection with the agreement, Flick stepped down as long-term President and CEO of the airline.

He became the president of the Frankfurt-am-Main based charter airline XL Airways in 2012.

References
  2. Bertolt Flick purchased a 47.2% stake in airBaltic
  3. "Changes in airBaltic shareholders structure". Baltic News Network. 2010-12-16. Retrieved 2013-04-20.
  4. "Augulis: par BAS patiesā labuma guvējiem klejo daudz baumu". Tvnet.lv. 2011-10-01. Retrieved 2019-03-19.
  5. "BAS patiesie labuma guvēji ir Fliks un kāda Krievijas privātpersona". Kasjauns.lv. 2011-09-22. Retrieved 2019-03-19.
  6. "AirBaltic in need of massive investment as losses mount". Baltictimes.com. 2011-08-19. Retrieved 2013-04-20.
  7. Toomas Hõbemägi (2011-06-27). "Antonov: airBaltic will continue its business". Balticbusinessnews.com. Retrieved 2013-04-20.
  8. Toomas Hõbemägi (2011-09-14). "Tallinn Airport: airBaltic owes us money". Balticbusinessnews.com. Retrieved 2013-04-20.
  9. Toomas Hõbemägi (2011-06-28). "Bookinghouse stops selling tickets to airBaltic flights". Balticbusinessnews.com. Retrieved 2013-04-20.
  10. "airBaltic starts cancelling flights". Baltictimes.com. 2011-09-13. Retrieved 2013-04-20.
  11. "Former Latvian president unleashed on the head of airBaltic corruption fighters". Bakutoday.net. Archived from the original on 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2013-04-20.
  12. "Suspected illegal activity haunts airBaltic". Baltictimes.com. 2011-09-14. Retrieved 2013-04-20.
  13. Toomas Hõbemägi (2011-09-16). "airBaltic starts massive layoffs". Balticbusinessnews.com. Retrieved 2013-04-20.
  14. "Update: AirBaltic cancels flights through December". Intelliguide.com. Archived from the original on April 2, 2012. Retrieved 2013-04-20.
  15. Alla Petrova (2012-10-17). "Agreement officially signed on bail out of airBaltic". Baltic-course.com. Retrieved 2013-04-20.
  16. Latvian government approves airBaltic deal Archived April 3, 2015, at the Wayback Machine


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