Air Berlin sees flight operations stabilising Thursday: Staff memo

Air Berlin expects its flight operations to stabilise Thursday as pilots return from sick leave, it told staff in an internal memo Wednesday, after the insolvent airline was forced to cancel more than 130 flights in 2 days. "Since last night more than 2 dozen captains have reported they are fit to fly," Air Berlin said in the memo. It called on its remaining pilots to support the airline as the sale of its assets nears the home stretch, saying continued flights were a pre-requisite for jobs at Air Berlin to be saved. It said at least 32 flights would be canceled Wednesday, and that it was unable to operate 35 flights for Eurowings. <br/>