Air India Strike

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  Air India Aircraft Technicians Call Off Planned Strike, Avert Travel Chaos

  Technicians at a company that repairs and maintains Air India Ltd. aircraft have called off a strike planned for Tuesday, easing concerns that the industrial action could spark a renewed bout of travel chaos.

• How long will it take to reinstate sacked pilots: High Court to Air India management

  "It looks now like the (Air India) management wants to have its cake and eat it too. The basic question is how much time will it take for pilots to be reinstated, and what is their misdemeanor. They have not asked for any demands," the Delhi High Court told the airline management today.

• 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...

• Eleven Air India pilots go on indefinite hunger strike

  Eleven Air India pilots went on an indefinite hunger strike on Sunday demanding the reinstatement of their sacked colleagues. The strike entered its 48th day today and has reportedly caused a revenue loss of Rs 530 crores to Air India.

• Air India strike: 22 Executive Pilots report 'sick'

  In further trouble for the strike-hit Air India, 22 of its around 120 Executive pilots have reported 'sick' at a time when the national carrier is struggling to maintain its international operations.

• 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.

• Ajit Singh slams on-strike Air India pilots again

  Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh lashed out at the on-strike Air India pilots once again, calling their strike is 'illegal' and saying the agitating pilots have no intention of coming back to work.

• Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh to make statement on Air India impasse today

  Union Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh will today meet officials from the Airport Authority of India (AAI) over the strike by the Air India pilots. The meeting comes a day after he met members of the Executive Pilots Association of Air India in Mumbai. The Civil Aviation Minister will hold a press conference in Mumbai today where he is expected t...

• Air India executive pilots ask Ajit Singh to end impasse

  Union Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh met members of the Executive Pilots Association of Air India in Mumbai today. The Executive Pilots Association requested him to end the month-long impasse between Air India pilots (represented by the Indian Pilots Guild) and the Air India management. However, the meeting was inconclusive and not much came ou...

• 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.

• Air India crisis: All pilots on strike to be sacked, say sources

  With plans in place to recruit 100 more pilots, sources have told NDTV that all the on-strike pilots of Air India are likely to face the axe and that orders have been given to sack more than 300 pilots. The letters are likely to be sent out this week, sources add.

• All striking Air India pilots to be sacked: Sources

  With no end in sight to the on-going strike by a section of Air India pilots, sources have told NDTV that orders have been given to sack all the pilots who are on strike. The termination letters will be sent out to the pilots, over 300 of them, this week, the sources add.

• 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.

• 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.