Did you guys try calling to get rebooked?
I called a few times, finally got a really nice manager, who seemed to actually know what she was talking about, explained to me that even if she rebooks on another airline, AB will call to cancel it within a few days as they have a robot going through every reservation and cancelling the ones that were rebooked on other carriers.
The route was NYC-TXL-TLV RT, she said she is allowed to rebook on other AB flights, and therefore offered MIA-TXL as well as BOS-TXL, which are officially still operating through Oct 31st. But she mentioned just as a piece of advice based on what shes been seeing at the airline the past few weeks, that I just take a refund and book another flight being that in all probability those will be cancelled as well.
I asked about the possibility of the airline that buys them out accommodating all their passengers, and she sounded extremely wary of that happening, based on her knowledge of whats going on with the negotiations.