Airberlin will cease operations Oct 28 and employees are not guaranteed jobs under any future owner, the airline warned Monday. In an Oct 9 letter to employees, Airberlin chief representative Frank Kebekus said a social plan had been launched, but not every Airberlin employee would be able to get a job with those companies bidding to take over parts of the airline. There could be at least 1,400 job losses, mostly among ground and administration staff, he said. Airberlin is in negotiations with a shortlist of bidders that includes Lufthansa Group and EasyJet. “We have been negotiating intensively for weeks. In a few days we will know more,” Kebekus said. But he warned that to continue Airberlin operations while it loses money and is going through the insolvency process was not possible. <br/>