Click to play videoNew Delhi: The employees of Indian (Airlines) who have been protesting for the past three days, called off the strike on Thursday afternoon.
This move brings relief to thousands of passengers who have been stranded at airports since Tuesday. Flights are expected to resume in a few hours.
In the countrywide Indian strike around 12,000 groundstaff had gone off work demanding wage revision and promotion.
Earlier, taking a tough stance against striking employees, the Government served suspension notices to 23 staffers for going on a flash strike without notice.
Numerous Indian flights were delayed or cancelled in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai.
In Bangalore, 10 cabin crew members have been suspended for being part of the strike.
In Karipur in Kerala five employees, including two airhostesses and three cabin crew, have been suspended from service for not reporting for work.
But Kolkata has been the worst hit by the strike; all Indian flights have been cancelled or rescheduled.
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday had called the strike held by the ground staff of the airline Indian illegal, but the protesters had seemed to remain unfazed as the strike continued on Thursday morning.
However, on Thursday afternoon, the staff called off the strike and now the management is expected to take a decision on suspended employees.
The management says it will pay the wage arrears of the staff. It will also take a decision on the suspended employees. Decision on promotion of the staff will be taken later.
The General Secretary of the Air Corporation Employees Union, Arun Kumar Malhotra, had said earlier that their intention was not to trouble passengers, but to ensure their demands were heard.
"We don't want to trouble passengers. The management is to blame. They have not met our demand for wage hike. For the last 10 years our salaries have not changed," he said.
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