EasyJet to take 25 planes from bankrupt Air Berlin.

This photo from April 29, 2013, shows Airbus A 320 jets
of easyJet at Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images)

BERLIN (AP) — Budget airline easyJet says it has reached an agreement with Air Berlin to buy parts of the bankrupt German airline as part of a 40-million euro ($46 million) deal.

The British airline said Saturday in a statement it will acquire "certain assets of the air transport business operated from the Berlin-Tegel airport, including the related slots and bookings."

The German news agency dpa reported that easyJet would take over 25 Airbus A320 planes.

By AP.

Culled from USA Today.