Air India Strike

Air India Strike

The strike by a section of pilots of Air India owing allegiance to the Indian Commercial Pilots Association has affected some domestic flight operations of the national carrier to and from Thiruvananthapuram international airport on Wednesday.
The national carrier had cancelled the AI 668 flight from Thiruvananthapuram to Mumbai at 7.30 p.m.and has combined the AI 507 and AI 511 flights to Chennai and Bangalore in view of the strike.
Airline sources said the combined flight will depart from here to Chennai at 3.30 p.m. However, the AI flight from here to Delhi operated as per schedule in the morning.
Airline sources said the flights to other sectors from Thiruvananthapuram will be operated as per schedule. The pilots belonging to the erstwhile Indian are demanding pay parity to that of Air India pilots. Already, the Air India management had derecognised the Indian Commercial Pilots' Association (ICPA) and had declared the strike that began on Monday midnight as illegal.