Insolvent airline Air Berlin cancelled 32 flights on Wednesday due to numerous pilots calling in sick, leaving passengers affected by cancellations and delays for the second day in a row. A spokeswoman for Germany’s second-largest airline said on Wednesday morning that Berlin’s Tegel Airport would see seven flights cancelled, while five flights would be nixed at Düsseldorf Airport. Air Berlin had already announced on Tuesday that flight cancellations would take place on Wednesday, but did not give precise figures. — airberlin (@airberlin) September 12, 2017On Tuesday, some 200 Air Berlin employees had called in sick, more than 100 domestic and international flights were cancelled, and thousands of passengers were affected. Air Berlin filed for insolvency in mid-August, after its main shareholder, Gulf carrier Etihad, unexpectedly pulled the plug on its cash lifeline.

Source: The Local September 13, 2017 07:07 UTC