Bihar flyers a relieved lot

Patna: With the 10-day-long strike by Air India pilots being called off, flyers from Bihar have heaved a sigh of relief. The situation is likely to become normal by Monday.
The national carrier, which had extended its "no-booking period" at the city's Jaya Prakash Narayan International airport till May 8 only on Friday night, may start accepting bookings from Sunday, sources said.
The bookings were cancelled for all of its three Delhi-Patna-Delhi flights in the absence of pilots on April 29. The airline had also withdrawn all of its three flights from operation from April 30. A section of AI pilots numbering around 800 had gone on an indefinite strike on the night of April 26.
Soon after the strike was called off on Friday evening, pilots and other crew staff were put under medical examination. Aircrafts left stranded at Indira Gandhi International airport in Delhi for the past one week are undergoing technical examination, sources said.
The airlines will resume normal operation only after check-ups are over. "We have received information from our headquarters that bookings will restart from Sunday. Only one special flight, AI-406, will arrive at the airport to carry Delhi-bound flyers on Sunday. However, all three flights will start operation from Monday," sources said.
07/05/11 Alok K N Mishra/Times of India

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