Ahmedabad, 8 May 2012

Air India canceled two international flights connecting Ahmedabad to Toronto and Chicago via New Delhi yesterday evening

The flights had to be canceled after about a hundred pilots called in “sick” late on Monday, in what is seen as a move to mount pressure on the state-run carrier on their demands to fly Boeing’s (BA.N) Dreamliner.

The national carrier has about 500 pilots that operate international flights and they have been demanding exclusive rights to be trained on the Dreamliner, which is scheduled to join the fleet this month.

The pilots at Air India, which absorbed mostly domestic flights operator Indian Airlines in 2007, say pooling the staff to fly the new wide-bodied aircraft would affect their career prospects.

Rescheduled Flights

1. ( AI188/7th May rescheduled to depart from Toronto on 8th May at 0315 hours(local time) arrival at Delhi on 9th May at 0330 hours(local time).

2. AI137/8th May Seoul-Hongkong-Delhi cancelled.

3. AI191/8th May Mumbai-Newark cancelled.

4. AI144/8th May Newark-Mumbai cancelled.

5. AI127/8th May Delhi-Chicago cancelled.

7. AI187/8th May Delhi-Toronto cancelled.

8. AI121/8th May Delhi-Frankfurt combined with AI143/8th May Delhi-Paris to operate as under :

AI121/8th May departure from Delhi at 1420 hours arrival and in Frankfurt at 1915 hours
(local time)

AI143/8th May departure from Frankfurt at 2120 hours(local time and arrival in Paris at 2230 hours(local time)

AI142/8th May departure from Paris at 2330 hours(local time) and arrival in Delhi
at 1105 hours(local time)on 9th May.

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