About 1,400 employees at Air Berlin are threatened by dismissal, union documents showed Friday, with the insolvent carrier's entire ground staff due to get their notices of termination by the end of October. Employees needed to maintain flight operations would be given notice by the end of Feb 2018, according to staff information. Other employees will probably be released from their duties, the information showed, without giving specific details. The dismissals also affect administrative staff. Air Berlin declined to comment. The carrier is in talks with Lufthansa and EasyJet on a carve-up of its assets such as aircraft, take-off and landing slots and crew. Air Berlin, which has around 8,000 employees, filed for insolvency in August after major shareholder Etihad said it would stop providing funding. <br/>
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Air Berlin has extended the bid deadline for its maintenance division to allow potential buyers to adapt their offers depending on the outcome of talks for its other assets. The airline filed for insolvency in August and is in talks with Lufthansa and EasyJet over a carve-up of assets such as aircraft, take-off and landing slots and crew. Those talks are due to run until Oct 12 and bids for the maintenance unit Air Berlin Technik will now be taken in the week beginning Oct 16, a spokesman for Air Berlin said. Bids for the maintenance business had been due in Friday. "This gives the bidders a better chance to see how the process develops for Air Berlin and to adapt their offers for Air Berlin Technik accordingly," he said. <br/>