Air India strike enters fourth day, 26 flights cancelled

September 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Air India Wednesday said a section of pilots had not reported for work even after their strike was called off and threatened "severe action" against them. A section of the pilots continue to be rigid over pay cuts and are not willing to join duty, an airline official said.

September 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Air India pilots called off their five-day strike Wednesday following assurances from the civil aviation ministry that there would be no salary cuts. "We have received official communication from civil aviation minister (Praful Patel) and he himself has assured that there would be no salary cuts.

September 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI/MUMBAI - Air India on Tuesday cancelled over 20 flights, including 15 from the national capital, as a stand-off between executive pilots and the management entered a fourth day. The airline also suspended bookings for the next fifteen days.

September 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Civil Aviation Secretary N.M. Nambiar Tuesday briefed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh about the continuing deadlock between the Air India management and striking pilots that is now in its fourth day.

September 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The strike by Air India pilots entered the fifth day Wednesday, leading to the cancellation of 28 flights, including two international ones. Despite Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel's assurance that any decision on wages would be taken only after consulting the employees, the pilots were in no mood to relent.

September 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Air India Chairman and Managing Director Arvind Jadhav is meeting a representative of the striking pilots, Captain V K Bhalla, here in the hope of ending the deadlock between the Air India management and the agitating pilots. The meeting began 2:00 p:m here.

September 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI/MUMBAI - The strike by pilots of national air carrier Air India entered its third day on Monday, causing discomfort to the passengers across the country. Passengers faced the brunt, as last minute cancellation of the flights led to an upheaval in their schedules.

September 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI/MUMBAI - Air India executive pilots strike entered third day on Monday even after its management reportedly offered an olive branch by agreeing to withdraw incentive-cut. The striking pilot refused to get back to work until the controversial pay-cut order is completely withdrawn.

September 27th, 2009 MUMBAI - Twenty-six Air India flights, including seven on international routes, were cancelled till 2 p.m. Sunday as striking pilots continued their agitation for the second consecutive day.

September 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A strike called by Air India pilots entered its third day Monday, resulting in cancellations of over 11 flights alone from Delhi, an official said. Despite the Air India management agreeing to look into the grievances, particularly the productivity-linked incentives (PLI) of the pilots, the adamant pilots said they would continue their strike until the management agreed to also pay the three-months arrears.

September 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Air India has cancelled its two flights on Saturday due to an agitation called by a section of the national airlines' pilots. The executive pilots of Air India are protesting against the decision of the management to reduce their productivity-linked incentives (PLI) by 50 per cent.

September 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Talks between executive pilots on strike and Air India Management is now on here today to resolve the deadlock and to discuss about their demands to reduce their productivity-linked incentives (PLI) by 50 per cent. Air India has cancelled its two flights due to an agitation called by a section of the national airlines' pilots.

September 26th, 2009 MUMBAI - Twelve Air India flights, including seven on international routes, were cancelled Sunday as striking pilots continued their agitation for the second consecutive day. "The international flights from Delhi to Bangkok, Singapore and Kathmandu were cancelled as a few pilots who were put on duty did not report for work," a senior Air India official told IANS.

September 10th, 2009 MUMBAI - As many as 150 Jet Airways flights, including 15 international, remained cancelled Friday, the fourth day of the ongoing strike by the airline pilots. A spokesperson said early Friday that the airline has announced plans to cancel around 30 flights on certain sectors which will either be combined or re-booked.

September 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - At least ten Jet Airways flights and its subsidiary out of Delhi were cancelled on Tuesday after a large number of pilots did not report to work in protest against the sacking of two of their colleagues. According to airport sources, at least 10 early morning flights of Jet Airways and JetLite were cancelled, as the pilots failed to report for duty.