On its website, Air Berlin cited “operative reasons” for the cancellations on Tuesday, and asked passengers to call a helpline and refrain from travelling to the affected airports. Air Berlin employs approximately 1,500 pilots. Air Berlin has already announced that it will cease to operate flights to the Caribbean and Boston from 25 September. Air Berlin made a loss of €782m (£703m) in 2016. Last month, Etihad Airways, which owns almost 30% of Air Berlin, said the developments were “extremely disappointing”, but it could not keep injecting cash after investing an additional €250m in April.

Source: The Guardian September 12, 2017 12:00 UTC