New Delhi:
Flight operations by Air India, whose pilots returned to work after 10 days of strike, have returned to near normal today.
The airline issued a press release which said, "Air India will be restoring over 50% of all flights in the domestic network on Sunday, May 8, 2011 and expects full normal operations (100%) by Monday, May 9, 2011. The number of flights may change, but the number of seats offered would be the same as before. The details of all scheduled flights from May 8, 2011, will be available on the Air India website. The restoration of flights has been worked out in such a manner that metros and tier-II cities are fully connected effective Sunday itself."
Air India sincerely regrets the inconvenience caused to its passengers during the disruption, the press release said.
On Saturday, Air India had begun operations of additional flights from all its bases - Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad and Bangalore, as the pilots started reporting for duty from the early hours.
Till 5:00 pm, it had operated 65 flights from the six major metros as against the scheduled 40 flights under its contingency schedule. These flights also registered high seat factors.
The airline issued a press release which said, "Air India will be restoring over 50% of all flights in the domestic network on Sunday, May 8, 2011 and expects full normal operations (100%) by Monday, May 9, 2011. The number of flights may change, but the number of seats offered would be the same as before. The details of all scheduled flights from May 8, 2011, will be available on the Air India website. The restoration of flights has been worked out in such a manner that metros and tier-II cities are fully connected effective Sunday itself."
Air India sincerely regrets the inconvenience caused to its passengers during the disruption, the press release said.
On Saturday, Air India had begun operations of additional flights from all its bases - Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad and Bangalore, as the pilots started reporting for duty from the early hours.
Till 5:00 pm, it had operated 65 flights from the six major metros as against the scheduled 40 flights under its contingency schedule. These flights also registered high seat factors.
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