Overview
- A joint announcement confirmed the deal on Wednesday and said employees were briefed the same afternoon.
- The Barkassen Meyer name, tours and routes will continue, keeping passenger-facing services largely unchanged at first.
- Management of the combined operations will be led by Hubert Neubacher, Dragan Botic and Focko Keiter, with both firms remaining family-owned.
- The companies say all jobs will be retained as the integration proceeds.
- Executives frame the consolidation as a way to run fleets more efficiently and to invest in new low-emission energy and propulsion concepts after nearly a century of competition.