The narrative around innovation in distribution has often focused on the perceived battle lines between the airline industry backed by IATA's NDC capability and the legacy GDS providers.
It is perhaps easy to lump the demise of Germania in with the list of recent European airline failures assuming it to be yet another casualty of a harsh market environment, and proof of the need for consolidation.
Nearly three years on from first delivery, the Airbus A320neo family is, in sales terms, an undoubted success story. More than 60 operators have the aircraft in service.
Deriving its name from the Latin insula maior or larger Island Majorca has certainly loomed large in the sights of Europe s airlines since Air Berlin signalled its withdrawal from the market last year.
When IAG disclosed its plan to acquire Niki in December 2017, the group's chief executive Willie Walsh described the Austrian carrier as the "most financially viable part of Air Berlin".