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| May 26, 2010 | Air India strike ends, but passengers still stranded | | New Delhi: Even as the Air India employees called off their strike on Wednesday evening, thousands of air travellers in the national capital had been stranded at the airports till afternoon. At least 76 international and domestic flights
scheduled for Wednesday were cancelled. Flight cancellations during the peak summer
rush, added to the passengers’ woes. Passengers complained of no boarding arrangements
been made for them. “They are not providing any boarding and neither lodging,
nor even bottle water is given to us," said Mohanjeet Singh, a passenger. About
14,000 crewmembers and maintenance engineers of Air India across the country were
taking part in the strike. Besides the gag order that was issued after the air
crash at Mangalore on Saturday (May 22), non-payment of salaries was another reason
for the staff to go on strike. | |
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