New Delhi: Air India Categorical has cancelled ”scores of flights” as a result of a scarcity of cabin crew members as a bit of them are reporting sick to protest in opposition to alleged mismanagement on the Tata Group-owned airline, in accordance with sources.
Discontent has been brewing amongst a bit of the cabin crew on the low-cost provider for a while now, particularly after the beginning of the method of merger of AIX Join, previously AirAsia India, with itself.
The sources on Wednesday mentioned a number of cabin crew members began reporting sick since Monday night and as there are usually not sufficient cabin crew members, ”scores of flights” have been cancelled at varied airports, together with Kochi, Calicut and Bangalore.
Allegations Of Mismanagement Towards The Airline
Late final month, a union representing a bit of the Air India Categorical cabin crew alleged that the airline is being mismanaged and there’s a lack of equality within the remedy of the employees. Air India Categorical Staff Union (AIXEU), a registered union, which claims to characterize round 300 cabin crew members, principally seniors, had additionally alleged that mismanagement of the affairs has affected the morale of the staff. Many passengers took to social media on Wednesday complaining concerning the sudden cancellation of flights.
In response to a passenger’s put up on X about flight cancellation, Air India Categorical apologised and mentioned the flight was cancelled ”as a result of operational causes”.
”As a part of our service restoration course of, you possibly can both choose to reschedule the flight throughout the subsequent 7 days or request a full refund via our chatbot Tia…,” the airline mentioned in a put up on X.
Merger Of Airline Firms By Tata Group
The event at Air India Categorical comes a month after Tata Group full-service provider Vistara witnessed pilot woes, forcing it to briefly reduce down capability by 10% or 25-30 flights each day. As a part of consolidating its airline enterprise, Tata Group is merging Air India Categorical and AIX Join, in addition to Vistara with Air India.