Air-India

Air India rejigs flight schedule as pilots’ stir continues

16 May 2012

Air India pilots remain adamant; another 14 flights cancelled

14 May 2012

Despite the sacking of 71 pilots and indications that the government will not bow this time, the stir over Dreamliner training does note abate

Another 22 AI flights cancelled; top pilots want PM to intervene

12 May 2012

Despite a Delhi High Court ruling calling the strike illegal, over 250 of the pilots have reported ‘sick’ since Monday night, when the agitation began

Air India pilots’ stir not contempt of court, rules SC

11 May 2012

The Supreme Court today threw out Air India's plea for initiating contempt of court proceedings against pilots of the now de-recognised Indian Pilots Guild (IPG), who have been agitating since Monday by taking ‘sick leave’ en masse.

Defiant AI pilots continue to disrupt flights

11 May 2012

Air India say that it's unacceptable for pilots of the erstwhile Indian Airlines to be trained to fly the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner, which is meant to join the national carrier's fleet later this month

AI pilots’ stir still on; minister admits merger was a mistake

10 May 2012

Civil aviation minister Ajit Singh became probably the first official to admit that the merger of Indian Airlines into Air India was a “mistake” that he regretted

AI pilots strike rocks Parliament; HC calls stir illegal

09 May 2012

The unofficial strike by Air India pilots agitated both houses of Parliament today, with members demanding an early resolution of the crisis, even as the Delhi High Court restrained Air India pilots going on mass sick leave

More flights cancelled as AI pilots’ stir continues

09 May 2012

As the agitation by a section of pilots entered the second day today, Air India announced the cancellation of four international flights today from Mumbai and Delhi