Due to the displeasure of the pilots, the process of cancellation of flights of Tata group airline Vistara continued on Thursday also. Due to the continuing problem, about 20 flights had to be cancelled. On Wednesday also, 26 Vistara flights were canceled due to the hostile attitude of the pilots.
CEO had apologized
However, the airline’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Vinod Kannan had apologized to the angry pilots a day earlier and promised to resolve their problem. But this problem has not been solved yet. The standoff continued on Thursday and the airline canceled around 20 flights, sources said. Due to this, passenger fares have increased on some air routes.
The plan was to have 300 flights every day
Vistara has to operate more than 300 flights daily under the summer time table, but in the current situation it has decided to temporarily reduce operations. Let us tell you that the pilots associated with the airline are angry over the salary revision and new deployment program and have abstained from operating the flights.
Pilot unions wrote letter to Chandrasekaran
The two pilots’ organizations said the problems raised by Vistara pilots are not an airline company issue but a systemic issue across all aviation units of the Tata group. The Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPI) and the Indian Pilots Guild (IPG) in a letter to Tata Group Chairman N Chandrasekaran urged the group to engage in a meaningful dialogue with the pilot community. Let us tell you that Tata Group has four airlines – Air India, Air India Express, AIX Connect (formerly AirAsia India), and Vistara.