Air India Pilots Strike

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  Air India Pays Pending Salaries To Pilots, Avoids Strike

  The Air India management today paid pending flying allowance dues to over 800 pilots. The dues which accrued following the implementation of a new pay structure have been pending since January.

• Air India winter flight schedule hit by non-availability of pilots

  The scheduling of international flights, including those to new destinations, which Air India will fly this winter has been affected as the fate of sacked 101 pilots is still hanging in balance. The availability of the exact number of pilots is a crucial factor in deciding how many flights an airline would be able to operate.

• Blog: An Air India pilot on hunger strike

  It is the 55th day of the pilots' agitation and the eighth day of their hunger protest. The pilots of erstwhile Air India were victims of prejudice and bias by the top management of the airline dominated by personnel of the erstwhile Indian Airlines.

• Two Air India pilots on hunger strike

  Two striking Air India pilots were in serious state on Wednesday as their physical condition worsened on the fourth day of their indefinite fast demanding withdrawal of sacking orders against 101 pilots and recognition of Indian Pilots' Guild (IPG).

• Maharaja lost over Rs 500 crore in 50 days

  The stalemate between Air India and the Indian Pilots' Guild (IPG), which completed 50 days on Monday, doesn't seem like it will be resolved anytime soon. While the pilots have gone on an indefinite hunger strike to pressurise the management, the latter stands firm on its decision. In the meantime, MiD DAY conducted an audit of the loss suffered by...

• Air India pilots to go on indefinite hunger strike from today

  Upping the ante as their agitation enters the 48th day, Air India pilots will today begin an indefinite hunger-strike in the national capital to highlight their demands relating to career progression and other issues.

• Kerala seeks chartered flights from Middle East

  Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said on Tuesday that he favours chartered flights from the Middle East to clear the rush in the wake of cancellations by Air India. He told the Kerala assembly that he had sought the necessary support for this from the central government.

• Delhi High Court issues notice to Centre, Air India on striking pilots' plea for salary

  The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the Centre and the Air India management to respond to a plea of striking pilots that their salaries and other pecuniary benefits have not been paid.

• Striking pilots threaten hunger strike; Prime Minister's Office attempts to break deadlock: Sources

  Air India pilots strike, Ajit Singh, Civil Aviation Minister, Air India, pilots sacked

• Air India plans to hire pilots to run long-haul international flights

  With no end in sight to the Air India pilots' strike, the national carrier has firmed up plans to hire new cockpit crew to run its long-haul international operations which have been hit by the 29-day long agitation. Hiring of new batches of pilots is part of a new business plan for international operations, which the ailing carrier is likely to an...

• Air India pilots may call off strike: Sources

  The strike by the pilots of Air India, which has entered its 26th day, may finally be called off, according to sources.

• End strike before we hear your case: Delhi High Court tells Air India pilots

  Striking Air India pilots suffered another blow on Wednesday with the Delhi High Court holding that the protesters' view on the issue of training on Boeing 777 to be used in international flights will be heard only after they call off their over three-week agitation.

• Air India loses Rs 325 crore from pilots' strike

  The board of national carrier Air India met on Monday to discuss the standoff between the airline management and pilots who have been on strike for the last 21 days, forcing the airline to curtail some of its international operations.

• Air India pilots' strike enters day 21, airline losses mount to Rs 300 crore

  The strike by pilots of Air India continued for the 21st day on Monday, mounting the losses of the national carrier to more than Rs 300 crore due to the agitation by over 200-odd pilots, who are on strike despite the management terminating the services of 100-odd agitating pilots in the last two weeks.

• Can hire new pilots, says Ajit Singh as Air India strike continues

  In a bid to end the 18-day-old strike at national carrier Air India, some of the agitating pilots met Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh on Friday. According to IANS, Mr Singh told the pilots that the airline may begin hiring new pilots if the strike continued.