Air india extends contingency schedule

Further, the airline is accepting ticket bookings only of those flights which are scheduled to run under the new plan. With the strike of Air India pilots entering its fifteenth day on

Tuesday, the airline management has extended its contingency plan schedule further till June 1. The schedule was earlier marked till May 25 as the management had hoped for things to improve

and flight operations returning to normal, which has not happened.  The new plan is expected to bring some respite for passengers travelling from Mumbai, as there was no clarity on the

international flight operations after May 25. Sources in the airline said, the new plan shall soon be made public. Further, the airline is accepting ticket bookings only of those flights

which are scheduled to run under the new plan. Around 400 pilots of the erstwhile Air India are on strike for the past 15 days over several promotion-related demands. However, neither the

pilots nor the airline management are ready to blink. In order to salvage the dwindling image of the airline, the management brought out a contingency plan schedule by operating on select

international routes by clubbing flights of various destinations together. The passengers were also made to accommodate on other airlines, the airline officials said.