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Air India Express plane. | Photo Credit: PTI Air India Express has issued termination letters to around 25 cabin crew members who reported sick that led to the cancellation of more than 90 flights, airline sources said on May 9. The Tata Group-owned airline has also given an ultimatum to the remaining cabin crew members…
Besides Air India Express flight cancellations, scores of flights were also delayed (File photo) New Delhi: Air India Express on Thursday cancelled at least 74 flights as a section of cabin crew was fired, a day after nearly 300 employees of the airline called in sick and switched off their phones. Flights that were cancelled…
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New Delhi: The Air India Express Employees Union, or AIXEU, has written to the Chairman of Air India to express concerns like “growing unrest and dissatisfaction among employees”. In a two-page letter addressed to Natarajan Chandrasekaran, the Chairman of the Tata Sons-owned Air India Limited (of which Air India Express is a subsidiary) to red-flag…
According to sources, the Civil Aviation Ministry has asked Air India Express for a report. New Delhi: Air India Express sources today said that the airline does not recognise any workers’ union amidst protests from employees who are opposing a new merit-based assessment system. This system, part of a broader performance appreciation policy, aims to…
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In Delhi, a video showed a group of passengers swarming the Air India Express counter Scores of angry passengers protested at airports on Wednesday after Air India Express cancelled over 86 flights after more than 300 cabin crew went on a “mass sick leave”. Videos of furious passengers gathered at Delhi, Kochi, Kozhikode and Thiruvananthapuram…
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Representational image of an Air India express aircraft. | Photo Credit: G. Ramakrishna Air India Express has cancelled “scores of flights” due to a shortage of cabin crew members as a section of them are reporting sick to protest against alleged mismanagement at the Tata Group-owned airline, according to sources. Discontent has been brewing among…
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Air India Express management is currently trying to reach out to the crew (File photo) Over 70 Air India Express flights were canceled on Wednesday after the cabin crew members went on a “mass sick leave”, official sources said. As many as 79 international and domestic flights were canceled after about 300 senior cabin crew…
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Vistara airline has more than 1,100 pilots on its rolls. | Photo Credit: Reuters More than one in four pilots in Vistara have not accepted the new pay structure announced in mid-February ahead of the merger with Air India. The integration of the two airlines has also escalated concerns over inadequate manpower and raised questions…
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Vistara’s CEO Vinod Kannan on Saturday asserted that “over 98% of pilots” had signed new contracts entailing a new pay structure, which has been cited by industry sources as a key issue that had led to a spate of recent flight cancellations and delays at the full service airline that is set to merge with…
An Air India Express flight from Dubai to Amritsar was diverted to Karachi due to a medical emergency on Saturday. An airline spokesperson said a passenger had a sudden medical complication onboard the flight and the crew opted to divert the flight to Karachi since it was the closest location to provide immediate medical assistance….
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