It also helped prevent that third parties would repossess the planes leased to Air Berlin, including those operated by NIKI. The derogation decision set clear conditions to avoid any adverse effect on Air Berlin's assets, if Lufthansa abandoned its acquisition project, or if NIKI and LGW entered into insolvency proceedings. The decision notably contains clear conditions that make sure the assets can still be acquired in part or in full by a purchaser other than Lufthansa. Companies and products Lufthansa is the holding company of Lufthansa Group which is headquartered in Cologne, Germany. Lufthansa's passenger air transport business includes Lufthansa Passenger Airlines, Swiss International Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Austrian Airlines, Air Dolomiti, Eurowings, Germanwings, Edelweiss Air and SunExpress. It operates hubs in Frankfurt, Munich, Brussels, Zurich and Vienna.