A sick-out by Air Berlin Plc pilots is threatening an immediate grounding of the insolvent airline.
What happened today massively jeopardizes the entire insolvency proceedings, Frank Kebekus, the airlines general representative appointed by a court, said in a statement Tuesday. Unless the situation changes in the short term, we will have to end operations and all efforts to reorganize.
Air Berlin canceled some 100 flights after about 200 of its 1,500 pilots said they were unfit to fly, with many notifying their employer just before their scheduled departures. Air Berlin said that behavior resembled playing with fire and cost the airline several million euros.
With the deadline drawing cl…
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