New Delhi:
Air India will operate special flights to fly out stranded passengers in view of the pilots' strike, which entered its third day today, crippling services across sectors.
Four flights of Air India's low-cost carrier Air India Express will operate on these sectors:
Bombay - Abu Dhabi - Mumbai
Chennai - Singapore - Chennai
Kochi - Kozhikode - Sharjah - Kochi
Kozhikode - Dubai - Kozhikode
The Air India Express special flight from Kozhikode to Dubai will leave at 10 a.m. And another from Kochi to Sharjah via Kozhikode will leave at 10.30 a.m.
Air India will also operate several wide-bodied planes from its international fleet. A Jumbo 747 will operate on the Mumbai - Dubai - Delhi - Mumbai sector.
In the late evening, two wide-bodied 777 will operate on the Delhi - Ahmedabad - Mumbai sector and the Mumbai - Ahmedabad - Delhi sector.
Air India is also operating a Boeing 777 from Mumbai to Delhi and back to carry more passengers in the morning.
More such flights are likely, to give the airline additional seat capacity.