Indian Civil Aviation Industry can never run safe if there are no strike. Pilots have made it a habit. After Air India Pilots massive strike, the Pilots of Kingfisher have gone on strike over Non-Payment of Salaries. Interestingly, it is their 3rd Strike in 12 Days.
41 Flights have been cancelled .Twelve flights from New Delhi, six from Mumbai and three flights from Bangalore have been cancelled apart from many other flights from Chennai, Chandigarh, Dehradun and Dharamshala among others.
The airline, which is under immense pressure from lenders to work out a turnaround plan, said 75 percent of its employees received their salaries by Friday as promised, while the rest will be paid by Monday.
“A certain section of employees have decided to stay away from duty due to salary payments not being credited to the bank accounts of all employees. Kingfisher wishes to state that more than 75 percent of employees have actually received their promised salaries Friday,” a Kingfisher official said.
“We have further promised that the balance of our employees will receive their salaries by Monday,” the official added.
“This only makes my recapitalization efforts more difficult by causing concern and apprehension among our potential investors,” Kingfisher’s chairman Vijay Mallya said in an email sent to employees on Saturday.
The passengers booked on these flights have either been re-booked or given refunds, an airport official said.
This is the third time in the last 12 days that the pilots went on strike.Kingfisher has never made a profit.
Due to all this Kingfisher’s share in India’s domestic airline industry fallen from second to last among the six big carriers after it was forced to ground most of its fleet.