Mumbai/New
Delhi, May 14:
Passengers
continued to suffer and scheduled flights were cancelled as the Air India
pilots' strike entered the eight day on Monday. Fourteen international flights
were cancelled. More than 20 flights were cancelled on Sunday.
From Delhi,
flights to Toronto, Frankfurt, Riyadh, Paris, Hong Kong and Seoul were
cancelled on Monday. Passengers from Mumbai travelling to London, Riyadh and
Newark were also affected.
The airline
also cancelled at least four domestic flights that would have carried on as
international flights. From Delhi, domestic flights to Mumbai, Amritsar and Hyderabad
were cancelled. The Ahmedabad flight from Mumbai was also cancelled.
Meanwhile, the
Indian Pilots' Guild (IPG) said it was ready to talk with the management and
Civil Aviation Ministry. The IPG is the apex body of the Air India pilots which
are spearheading the agitation.
“As the IPG is
apprehensive of the role played by a section of management in sharing correct
and complete information with the Aviation Minister, the core committee members
of IPG today submitted documents containing factual information regarding
issues at hand,” the pilots' body said in a statement.
The pilots
clarified that there was no meeting scheduled, nor did the committee hold any
formal or informal talks with the Minister of Civil Aviation or any other
Ministry representative.
The IPG
reiterated its stand and expressed its willingness to meet with officials of
the management and the Ministry at “any place at any time in order to resolve
the impasse”.
Meanwhile,
agitated passengers tried to block the road outside the Mumbai airport on
Sunday night and early this morning. The passengers claimed that no prior
information was given to them by the Air India officials. CISF jawans were
brought in to calm the situation.
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/todays-paper/tp-economy/article3419555.ece
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