Deutsche Lufthansa Aktiengesellschaft (DB:LHA) and other parties say they have bid for parts of insolvent Air Berlin PLC (XTRA:AB1) as administrators look for new investors for Germany's second-largest airline. Most potential investors appear to be mainly interested in the airline's roughly 140 aircraft and its airport landing and take-off slots rather than the whole business. Friday, September 15, 2017, was the formal deadline for bids.

Air Berlin's administrators are to pick buyers for the assets on September 25, 2017.