People stranded as 40 Kingfisher flights axed

New Delhi/Mumbai: Kingfisher Airlines passengers were stranded on Saturday as 40 flights across India were cancelled due to a strike by pilots over non-payment of salaries.
Passengers in the national capital were impacted the most as 12 flights were axed from New Delhi alone. Six flights were scrapped in Mumbai and three in Bangalore.
Other flights to and from Chennai, Chandigarh, Dehradun and Dharamshala were also impacted.
The pilots are protesting against non-payment of salaries and other dues for the past five months.
In a bid to contain the damage, Kingfisher chairman Vijay Mallya made a passionate appeal to the pilots to call off their strike.
In a letter to employees, Mallya said: “I sincerely hope that all of you will listen carefully to my appeal and work together to restore Kingfisher to its rightful place. I really hope that good sense will prevail.
15/07/12 IANS/Gulf News

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