4 AI flights cancelled, 100 pilots refused to join work

May 08, 2012 10:42

Apart from that bomb threat, it will be a taxing day for flyers with four Air India international flights cancelled from Delhi and Mumbai today after about 100
pilots refused to join work. The airlines domestic operations, however, were
unaffected. "Four flights - Delhi-Toronto, Delhi-Chicago, Mumbai-Newark and Mumbai-Hongkong via Delhi have been cancelled due to unavailability of pilots," an Air India spokesperson said here. About 100 pilots have so far not reported for duty, the spokesperson said.

A section of Air India pilots owing allegiance to Indian Pilots Guild are agitating over the rescheduling of Boeing 787 Dreamliner training. A section of Air India pilots had yesterday threatened to strike work following the failure of talks with the Air India management.

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