New Delhi: The rift between the Air India staff and the government has worsened with the government now accusing the employees of causing massive financial losses. Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh told Parliament on Thursday that the Vigilance Department was investigating 161 cases of irregularities. The ministry accepted that there has been an increase in tipsy pilots and cabin crew. It also says that the pilots allegedly pocketted over Rs...
01:18 PM, May 17, 2012
New Delhi: The government's appeal to the striking pilots of Air India have fallen on deaf ears. The strike has entered its ninth day on Wednesday. Fifteen international flights from Delhi and Mumbai were cancelled on Wednesday. Speaking in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh had said that the government would hear the pilots' woes unconditionally as long as they returned to work. The strike has...
08:56 AM, May 16, 2012
New Delhi: There has been no end to the Air India crisis as the pilots' strike entered the eighth day on Tuesday. Air India cancelled around 10 international flights from Delhi and Mumbai this morning. The pilots sent a medical report to the Civil Aviation Minister saying that ill health was an excuse to skip work. While Ajit Singh slammed the report, an Air India team visited the homes of...
11:10 AM, May 15, 2012
New Delhi: There has still been no end to Air India's troubles. It's been a week since its pilots went on a strike that has so far cost the already debt-ridden national carrier almost Rs 96 crore so far. The Maharaja's contingency plan was supposed to take effect on Monday but now sources say that it hasn't even been finalised as yet. That is because Air India's Executive Pilots Association...
07:52 AM, May 14, 2012
New Delhi: There seem to be no signs of an end to the deadlock between the striking Air India pilots, the management and the government as all of them continued to stick to their stands. Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh asked the striking pilots to first apologise to the passengers if they wished to hold talks with the government. "I appeal to the pilots to give first priority to the...
02:32 PM, May 12, 2012
New Delhi: There seems to be no end in sight to the Air India crisis. The pilots' strike entered the fifth day on Saturday and passengers continued to suffer as 15 flights were cancelled. Following is the list of the 15 Air India flights cancelled on Saturday: AI 120 from Delhi to Frankfurt cancelled AI 990 from Delhi to Jeddah cancelled AI 348 from Delhi to Mumbai cancelled AI 112...
07:47 AM, May 12, 2012
New Delhi: There seems to be no end in sight to the Air India crisis. The pilots' strike entered the fifth day on Saturday and passengers continued to suffer as 15 international flights were cancelled. On Friday, Air India sacked 25 more pilots taking the total number of sacked pilots to 71 in four days, even as the pilots reached out for talks. Air India also wrote to the Directorate...
07:34 AM, May 12, 2012
New Delhi: The government moved to control airfares on Friday even as the pilots strike in Air India and Kingfisher led to several flights being cancelled. The government said that it won't slap the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) on the pilots for now after Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday over the crisis. There seems to be some hope amidst the turbulence for...
03:40 PM, May 11, 2012
New Delhi: Flights continued to be hit following the strike by Air India and Kingfisher Airlines pilots on Friday. Passengers continued to bear the brunt as several flights were cancelled. The seven Kingfisher Airlines flights cancelled on Friday were: IT 2314 - Delhi " Jaipur IT 4354 " Delhi " Shimla IT 4302 " Delhi " Udaipur IT 4358 - Delhi " Kulu IT 2636 - Delhi " Chandigarh IT...
11:38 AM, May 11, 2012
New Delhi: Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh on Friday said that he hoped that the Air India pilots who have called in sick get well soon. "The pilots have reported sick. So, I hope they get well soon," Ajit Singh said. In a warning of the sorts, he also said that he hoped that Air India crisis doesn't deepen. "I hope things do not go from bad to worse and...
09:26 AM, May 11, 2012
New Delhi: The Indian Aviation industry has been hit by the pilots of two airlines going on strike. Four days after the Air India pilots went on strike, calling in sick, 72 Kingfisher airlines pilots in the north India region have also called in sick, demanding pending salaries. The Air India crisis worsens The Air India crisis entered its fourth day on Friday and the situation has been turning from...
07:36 AM, May 11, 2012
New Delhi: The turbulence in Air India escalated on Thursday morning. The Air India passengers continued to bear the brunt of the ongoing stand-off between the airline management and pilots for the third consecutive day as more than 20 flights from Delhi and Mumbai were cancelled. Air India has also stopped booking on some sectors. The airline is not taking any bookings bookings for Delhi-New York, Chicago, Toronto and New...
09:52 AM, May 10, 2012
New Delhi: There seems to be no end in sight to the deadlock between the Air India management and the pilots with the government, the management and the Indian Pilots Guild sticking to their stands. While the airlines management has moved the Delhi High Court against the striking pilots, the government has hinted at considering downsizing the airline. Aviation Minister Ajit Singh has said that the government may now consider...
01:06 PM, May 09, 2012
New Delhi: Even as the Air India stalemate continues, Indian Pilots Guild President Jitendra Awhad has said that the pilots were ready to go back to work if 99 per cent of their demands were met. He also claimed that the government had closed its doors to talks on the issue. Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh, however, denied Awhad's allegations. Ajit Singh said that the government was open to talks....
10:52 AM, May 09, 2012
New Delhi: The crisis at Air India continues on Wednesday with no end to the stalemate between the management and the pilots. However, reports say that Air India's pilots may strike a deal with the government and return to work. This comes after the cash-strapped national career sacked 10 agitating pilots, derecognised their union, the Indian Pilots Guild, and sealed its offices as around 160 pilots failed to join duty....
07:38 AM, May 09, 2012
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