Evisu

The company is named after 'Evis', 'Evisu' or 'Ebisu' the buddhist god of money. The dba fleet consists of the following aircraft (at January 2006):. The Evisu logo (which was created by Yamane) is a stylized gull, and is still hand-painted onto some styles of jean, as it was by Yamane when the company was first founded. The airline is owned by Intro Verwaltungsgesellschaft (80%) and Martin Gauss and Peter Wojahn (20%), and has 660 employees (at January 2005). The brand was originally called Evis, but was changed to Evisu in 1991. 3 million passengers flew on dba aircraft in the year ending March 2005. Sometimes referred to as "Rolls Royce of Jeans", the brand was founded in 1988 in Osaka, Japan by Hidehiko Yamane. In the fiscal year ending 31st March 2005, dba announced its first profit since creation in 1992, of 'between €1m and €2m [1]' on sales of around €265m.

Evisu, a Japanese clothing company that specializes in producing unique demin wear through the use of vintage looms, and other labour-intensive methods with as little use of modern machinery as possible. dba submitted a binding bid for ailing Greek national airline Olympic Airlines in April 2005, the result of which should be known early summer 2005. The gexx brand is in the process of being phased out on the former airline's services and Fokker F100 aircraft, which dba has assumed the lease of. In March 2005, dba announced its intention to acquire rival airline Germania Express (gexx), which would create Germany's third largest airline after Lufthansa and Air Berlin. It was rebranded as dba.

In return BA would receive 25% of any profits or proceeds from a sale until June 2006. In addition BA would invest £25m into the airline and guarantee its fleet of 16 Boeing 737s for a year. In June 2003 BA announced plans to sell Deutsche BA to Intro Verwaltungsgesellschaft for a token sum of 1 Euro. In March 2003 easyJet announced it had abandoned its plans to acquire Deutsche BA, citing the economic climate and employment laws in Germany.

However, easyJet had several commitments: send three managers to the German operation, contribute £3m for capital expenditure and pay BA £366,000 per month until it exercised its option. During this time Deutsche BA would remain fully under BA control. easyJet had until March 31 2003, or with an extension until July 3 2003, to purchase the airline. easyjet followed with an announcement on May 8, 2002 that it had signed an exclusive agreement with British Airways giving it the option to purchase Deutsche BA.

On May 3, 2002 easyJet announced that it intended to pursue a purchase of former BA subsidiary Go. First indications of a BA review of its German arm came in 2001 at which time Deutsche BA had amassed losses of over £15m. Rod Eddington replaced Bob Ayling as British Airways Chief Executive in May 2000, starting major reviews of the airline's operations. In April 1997, after liberalisation of the European air traffic market, BA acquired the remaining shares.

It was founded when British Airways (BA) acquired a 49% stake in Delta Air, a regional airline based at Friedrichshafen, and renamed it Deutsche BA. The airline was established in March 1992 and started operations in June 1992. . Its main base is Munich International Airport.

It operates scheduled domestic and international services and also operates charter flights for tour operators to Europe and North Africa. dba (dba Lufttahrtgesellschaft mbH) is a low-cost airline based in Munich, Germany. 12 Fokker 100. 0 Boeing 737-700/800 (40 on order).

1 Boeing 737-500. 13 Boeing 737-300. Stockholm (Arlanda International Airport). Sweden