Uncertainty tails Air India, 71 flights operating out of Mumbai cancelled

Mumbai: Uncertainty hung heavy over the domestic airport on Thursday as the Air India (AI) pilots' strike entered a second day, forcing the flag carrier to cancel 71 flights operating out of Mumbai and to suspend bookings until May 3.
Despite reports of chaos on Wednesday, many perplexed passengers booked on AI flights queued at the airport on Thursday in the hope of catching their flight. They said that the airline had taken no steps to clear the air of confusion and even calls to AI's call centres yielded ambiguous answers.
The airline cancelled 39 incoming flights at Mumbai airport and another 32 outgoing ones. It also suspended booking for the next five days as pilots of the erstwhile Indian Airlines refused to back down on their demand for pay parity with their AI counterparts.
Across the city, tour operators were flooded with calls from passengers, who are booked on AI flights over the next week. Most of them, operators said, sought bookings on other airlines.
29/04/11 Chinmayi Shalya & Insha Khan/Times of India

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