New Delhi: Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh on Friday made public the Dharmadhikari Report and said that the demands of striking Air India pilots will be looked into only after they end their strike unconditionally. Singh also said that the ministry has set up a core panel to implement the recommendations of the Dharmadhikari report on the merger of Indian Airlines and Air India. There will be parity between the...
01:59 PM, Jun 01, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused the striking Air India pilots to train on Boeing 777 while hearing a plea filed by the airline management. The High Court said that it would consider the pilots request to train on the aircraft only after they end their 23-day long strike. The High Court also said that pilots have no right to disobey and go for the training as...
01:12 PM, May 30, 2012
New Delhi: It is day 23 of the Air India pilots' strike and Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh has reiterated that the pilots' demands will be considered only when they return back to work. Meanwhile, from June 1, the airline will drop seven international flights - so out of 45 flights the airline will operate only 38. The national carrier has lost over Rs 310 crores due to the strike....
10:36 AM, May 30, 2012
New Delhi: Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh on Monday is scheduled to hold talks with all recognised Air India unions as the pilots' strike enters day 14. The Indian Pilots guild is not a part of the 13 unions invited for the talks, as it was derecognised. The government's appeal to the pilots to resume work went unheeded. "It is more for familiarisation to get to know them. Unions have...
06:18 AM, May 21, 2012
New Delhi/Mumbai: The crisis in Air India raged on for the 13th day on Sunday and the national carrier's losses mounted to Rs 230 crore as the impasse between agitating pilots and the management continued. "The loss due to ticket cancellations, unused labour and with the bulk of our Boeing-777 fleet grounded now stands at Rs 230 crore. Our losses per day stand between Rs 13-15 crore," a senior official...
07:19 PM, May 20, 2012
New Delhi: There was no end in sight to the Air India pilots' strike which entered 13th day on Sunday with the cockpit group apparently ignoring all appeals by the government to return to work. The national carrier operated a curtailed international schedule, flying seven West-bound flights instead of normal schedule of 16 daily flights, AI sources said. Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh had on Saturday appealed to the agitating...
04:47 PM, May 20, 2012
New Delhi: There are cracks in the Indian pilots guild over the ongoing strike by Air India pilots as three pilots have reported back to work on Wednesday. Reacting to the development, Jitendra Awhad, the president of the IPG, dismissed the reports as rumours, accusing the management of playing dirty politics. He asserted that none of the pilots from the IPG or the affiliated group had reported back to work....
07:15 PM, May 16, 2012
New Delhi: Union Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh on Tuesday said that Air India will have to perform to get a bailout package from the government and that it was the last chance for the national carrier. The civil aviation minister informed Parliament that Air India lost Rs 150 crore due to ongoing strike of the pilots. He further urged the pilots to get back to work, saying "if pilots...
08:17 PM, May 15, 2012
As agitating Air India pilots refuse to relent, Aviation Minister Ajit Singh said that privatisation could be the only way to save the national carrier. Speaking to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate, he hinted looking at that option once the airline becomes viable. Karan Thapar: Hello and welcome to Devil's Advocate. With the Air India polite strike continues, we ask how did the airline get into this unholy mess. That's...
10:43 PM, May 13, 2012
Mumbai: Backing protesting Air India pilots, Jet Airways pilot body (SWIP) on Sunday called for immediate reinstatement of those sacked and appealed to Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh to intervene and get the issue resolved at the earliest. "We are calling for immediate reinstatement of our IPG colleagues and good faith negotiations between management, IPG and ICPA in the hope of reaching an agreement which is acceptable to all parties,"...
07:59 PM, May 13, 2012
New Delhi: Disapproving of the on-going strike by Air India pilots, Congress today asked them to realise their "folly" and immediately withdraw it, saying they are "stretching the patience" of even those Parliamentarians, who always batted for strengthening the airline. "By continuing the strike, the pilots or rather a section of pilots, are stretching the patience of even those Parliamentarians" who have always fought for taking Air India to its...
07:10 PM, May 10, 2012
New Delhi: Union Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh on Thursday denied that he had ruled out talks with the pilots, asserting that he never said he would not talk to the pilots. Blaming it on the pilots, the minister said, "I never said I will not talk to them. If they are not willing to follow court order, how will they talk to me?" He further said that the pilots...
04:28 PM, May 10, 2012
New Delhi: Soon after the Delhi High Court on Wednesday declared that the Air India Pilots' strike is illegal, the Air India management acted and sacked 16 more pilots. Admonishing Air India pilots union Indian Pilots Guild, the court said that the strike should be halted until hearings in the case are completed and also said no pilots should call in sick. Pilots represented by the union the Indian Pilots...
04:27 PM, May 09, 2012
Air India on Tuesday sacked 10 agitating pilots, de-recognised their union and sealed its offices as around 160 of them failed to join duty. ...
11:05 PM, May 08, 2012
New Delhi: In a major crackdown, Air India on Tuesday sacked 10 agitating pilots, de-recognised their union and sealed its offices as around 160 of them failed to join duty. As many as four international flights had to be cancelled because of the strike. The pilots on Tuesday morning reported sick after their talks with management for a time bound career progress failed. By noon, Union Civil Aviation Minister Ajit...
09:24 PM, May 08, 2012
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