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: 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/Mumbai: Air India on Monday sacked 30 more striking pilots as the agitation by over 200 pilots entered the 14th day with no signs of a resolution to end the impasse. "The services of 30 more pilots have been terminated," AI spokesperson told PTI. With this, the number of dismissed pilots owing allegiance to the Indian Pilots Guild (IPG) has gone up to 101. The AI crackdown came on...
08:42 PM, May 21, 2012
New Delhi: Four more Air India pilots have broken away from their striking colleagues and reported back on duty on Monday, sources said. With the coming back of the four the total number of pilots who resumed their duty has risen to seven. The three pilots had reported for duty on May 16. Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh is likely to hold talks with all recognised Air India unions with...
02:41 PM, May 21, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed an appeal by the Indian pilots guild challenging the single-judge order that had restrained the pilots of Air India from going on strike, terming it as illegal. The High Court said that the plea of the striking pilots "cannot be entertained as they are guilty of contempt". The decision by the single-judge bench was upheld by a division bench of Justice...
05:10 PM, May 17, 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
Even ten days after the strike by the Air India's pilots began there appears to be no resolution in sight. With civil aviation minister Ajit ...
10:53 AM, 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
New Delhi: National carrier Air India seems to be in major trouble. As many as 10 out of 34 international routes have been cancelled due to the ongoing strike by the pilots. According to reports, the frequency of flights on eight routes has been reduced from seven to two per week. The routes that have been cancelled include Mumbai-Newark, Delhi-Toronto, Mumbai-London, Delhi-Hong Kong-Seoul and Delhi-Hong Kong-Osaka. Besides, the national carrier...
05:32 PM, May 15, 2012
New Delhi: Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh on Monday said that the Air India pilots should end the strike before talks. He said that he had no information about the meeting with the pilots. "There was no information, no meeting. My PA told me they have come but there was no plan, I was not aware. I didnt know they came and went away. I have already said they should...
02:36 PM, May 14, 2012
New Delhi: Kingfisher Airlines pilots have called off their strike over non-payment of their salaries. A group of 72 Kingfisher pilots in north India had gone on mass sick leave on Thursday protesting against non-payment of salaries for the last few months. Following the pilots' agitation 24 Kingfisher flights had to be cancelled. The pilots called off their strike after Kingfisher Airlines Chairman Vijay Mallya wrote to his employees assuring...
04:47 PM, May 11, 2012
Around 200 Air India pilots owing allegiance to Indian Pilots Guild (IPG) had reported sick on Tuesday resulting in cancellation of at least 13 international flights. ...
09:38 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: Indian aviation industry is facing a huge crisis with two major airlines staring at pilots going on strike, affecting flight schedules and throwing the travel plans of thousands of passengers into disarray. After several Air India pilots went on strike over differences with the management, it is the turn of cash-strapped Kingfisher Airlines pilots to go on strike, protesting against non-payment of their salaries for the past few...
12:55 PM, May 10, 2012
Indian Pilots Guild President Jitendra Awhad said that the Air India pilots' strike was not indefinite. ...
11:29 AM, May 08, 2012
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