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Air India strike continues

29th September 2009 Air India has cancelled a quarter of its international and domestic flights and will suspend bookings on more flights due to a strike by its pilots over pay.

Around 250 Air India pilots have refused to work since September 26, leaving hundreds of passengers stranded at airports.

Air India's spokesman Jitender Bhargava said talks were continuing between the management and the pilots, but as a precaution the carrier had decided to suspend bookings on some flights for the next 15 days.

"We are still operating services but we have suspended bookings for certain flights," said Bhargava.

Since the strike began, Bhargava said about 40 flights out of the 200 scheduled were being cancelled daily.

Flights which have been affected include flights to New York, London, Chicago and Singapore as well as many domestic routes.

(reuters)

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