Eid holiday plans ruined by rolling effects of Air India strike

Dubai: Passengers in the UAE are still feeling the effects of an Air India pilots' strike that ended two weeks ago.
Hundreds of would-be travellers have been told by low-cost carrier Air India Express that their flights between August 16 and 22 - just as worshippers ready to celebrate Eid Al Fitr - are either cancelled or rescheduled.
"We are trying to transfer passengers from Air India Express to Air India flights," said Abhay Pathak, Air India's regional manager of Gulf, Middle East and Africa, who added that officials from Air India are working to ensure no traveller was inconvenienced.
Mr Pathak said flights had been rescheduled as a result of the pilots' strike that ended earlier this month.
"The number of flights to the UAE has gone down from 48 to 28 per week due to the strike.
23/07/12 Fareed Rahman/The National

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