Customers stand at an Air India reservation office at the domestic airport in
Mumbai May 8, 2012.
Credit: Reuters/Vivek Prakash
NEW DELHI |
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Air India has cancelled four international flights after about a 100 pilots called in "sick" late on Monday, in a move to mount pressure on the state-run carrier on their demands for exclusivity in flying Boeing's (BA.N) Dreamliner.
The national carrier has about 500 pilots who operate international flights and they have been demanding that pilots from its former state-owned partner Indian Airlines should not be trained to fly Dreamliners, as it may hurt the career prospects of the original Air India employees.
The first of the 27 Dreamliners will join the Air India fleet this month.
Air India and Indian Airlines were merged in 2007, although the integration process faced much criticism from industry experts. Air India's purchase of Dreamliners was also criticised by a federal auditor last year for "imposing an undue long-term financial burden".
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