In a crackdown, Air India on Tuesday acked 10 agitating pilots, de-recognised their union and sealed its offices as around 160 of them failed to join duty, leading to cancellation of five international flights since midnight.
With Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh terming their agitation “illegal”, airline sources said more severe action was to follow if the pilots did not get back to work by 6 p.m. today.
Flights on Delhi-Toronto, Delhi-Chicago, Mumbai-Newark and Mumbai-Hong Kong via Delhi sectors were cancelled “due to unavailability of pilots,” an Air India spokesperson said.
With about 160 pilots not having joined duty, the services of at least 10 pilots, including office bearers of the Indian Pilots Guild (IPG), which is leading the agitation, were terminated, the sources said.
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