Kingfisher Airlines, the stricken carrier owned by Indian liquor baron Vijay Mallya, says it has declared "a partial lockout", and has cancelled all flights at least until Thursday, as a result of agitation among engineers and pilots who have not received their salaries since March.
The latest bout of labour unrest for the cash-strapped carrier began on Sunday, when angry engineers said they would no longer certify the aeroplanes as safe to fly, forcing the grounding of all flights on Monday.
In a statement, the airline blamed a "small section of recalcitrant employees" for intimidating other workers that Kingfisher insisted were otherwise still willing "to co-operate and support the company in these turbulent times".
The airline accused the disgruntled workers of a series of "protracted and unabated incidents of violence, criminal intimidation, assault, wrongful restraint and other illegal acts, including refraining from attending work".
02/10/12 Ft.com/Moneycontrol.com
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The latest bout of labour unrest for the cash-strapped carrier began on Sunday, when angry engineers said they would no longer certify the aeroplanes as safe to fly, forcing the grounding of all flights on Monday.
In a statement, the airline blamed a "small section of recalcitrant employees" for intimidating other workers that Kingfisher insisted were otherwise still willing "to co-operate and support the company in these turbulent times".
The airline accused the disgruntled workers of a series of "protracted and unabated incidents of violence, criminal intimidation, assault, wrongful restraint and other illegal acts, including refraining from attending work".
02/10/12 Ft.com/Moneycontrol.com
