Kingfisher Lockout

• Will submit revival plan soon: Kingfisher Airlines

  The DGCA had suspended Kingfisher's SOP on October 19 till further orders after a lockout and its failure to come up with a viable plan of financial and operational revival.

• Kingfisher crisis likely to prolong; Mallya says not absconder

  The crisis in Kingfisher Airlines following a 23-day lockout is likely to prolong with a large section of employees today sticking to its refusal of the management's offer on payment of salary dues even as its owner Vijay Mallya said he was not an "absconder".

• Kingfisher Airlines' licence may be suspended tomorrow: sources

  The airlines staff has been on strike since September 30 over non-payment of salaries and other dues, and have been insisting that they would resume work only after all dues are paid and assurances are given that salaries would be paid on time.

• Kingfisher extends lockout; winter schedule not approved by DGCA

  Kingfisher Airlines is extending its current lockout, which has already stretched to 16 days, Sanjay Agarwal, CEO of the beleaguered airline, said today. Mr Agarwal termed a crucial meeting between management and striking employees of the airline as -positive-, adding that there will be another round of talks.

• Kingfisher lockout: Crucial meeting between management, striking employees today

  With no end in sight to the 16-day impasse over a lockout and strike by its workers, Kingfisher Airlines management has called a meeting with their representatives on Wednesday in a last-ditch effort to convince them to return to work.

• Kingfisher lockout: Crucial meeting between management, striking employees today

  With no end in sight to the 16-day impasse over a lockout and strike by its workers, Kingfisher Airlines management has called a meeting with their representatives on Wednesday in a last-ditch effort to convince them to return to work.

• Kingfisher lockout: Management postpones meet with striking employees to Wednesday

  Kingfisher Airlines, which is on a lockout till October 20, has postponed its proposed meeting with employee representatives to Wednesday. A letter by the airline CEO yesterday had called the employees for a meeting in Mumbai on Monday to bring what he called closure to the current situation. The reason for the shift of date, reportedly, is that ex...

• Kingfisher lockout: Management postpones meet with striking employees to Wednesday

  Kingfisher Airlines, which is on a lockout till October 20, has postponed its proposed meeting with employee representatives to Wednesday. A letter by the airline CEO yesterday had called the employees for a meeting in Mumbai on Monday to bring what he called closure to the current situation. The reason for the shift of date, reportedly, is that ex...

• Kingfisher hopes to resume operations on October 21: Full statement

  Debt-ridden Kingfisher Airlines has announced a further extension to its partial lockout that was declared on October 1 after a strike by its employees protesting for payment of salaries. Here is the full statement:

• Kingfisher Airlines extends lockout till October 20

  Airline sources said the airline management, in an internal mail, has said that due to operational reasons, all flights across its network would be cancelled till October 20.

• Kingfisher Airlines faces possible shutdown: Top 10 developments

  Kingfisher Airlines faces a possible shutdown with aviation regulator DGCA issuing it a show cause notice today asking why its license should not be suspended or cancelled. This after the carrier has had to extend its lockout till October 12 and said that its fleet would remain grounded till then. Talks with engineers and pilots on strike have fail...

• Kingfisher must satisfy DGCA before resuming operations: Ajit Singh

  As Kingfisher Airlines extended its partial lockout by a week till October 12, Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh today said the debt-ridden company will have to satisfy airline regulator DGCA on safety before it gets permission to fly again.

• Kingfisher skids back to square one as staff meetings cancelled

  Kingfisher Airlines partial lockout was extended by a week, as the deadlock between workers and management continues. Engineers in Bangalore have refused to meet the CEO, sources said. The Bangalore and Chennai meetings stand cancelled as of now. Yesterday, only 24 pilots turned up to meet CEO Sanjay Aggarwal in Delhi on Thursday, despite him sendi...

• Kingfisher crisis: Partial lockout extended till October 12 after talks fail

  With talks between workers and management failing, Kingfisher Airlines today extended its partial lockout till October 12. Only 24 pilots turned up to meet CEO Sanjay Aggarwal in Delhi today, despite him sending an email last evening to set up meetings through the day; almost all of the 270 engineers on strike since Sunday boycotted the meeting.

• Kingfisher Airlines extends lockout till October 12

  The situation was further marred with the wife of one of its Delhi-based employees allegedly committing suicide, blaming financial stress due to non-payment of salary to her husband for the last six months.