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Air Sahara pilots continue strike
By agencies
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Monday, 13 February 2006, 20:30 IST |
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NEW DELHI: Air Sahara pilots continued their strike today forcing the private airline to cancel or reschedule several flights, even as hundreds of passengers continued to suffer.
About five Air Sahara flights were cancelled early today with some 30 pilots extending their mass leave to protest what they described as uncertainty about their status after the acquisition of the airline by Jet Airways.
Chaotic scenes were witnessed at the Mumbai, New Delhi and Kolkota airports with passengers dropping in and finding their flights cancelled or rescheduled.
The Air Sahara management described the situation as unprecedented and said the airline was trying its best to mitigate the inconvenience to passengers. It may also initiate action against the defiant pilots.
Air Sahara pilots say nothing has been spelt out about their status after the change in the ownership of the airline last month. Jet Airways bought Air Sahara for $500 million in what is the largest ever acquisition in Indian aviation industry.