AI strike affects passengers at Dabolim
HERALD REPORTER
VASCO, MAY 26
Nearly 500 passengers had to bear the brunt of nationwide strike by Air India employees, as three flights including one international scheduled to take off from Dabolim airport were cancelled on Wednesday afternoon.
However, most of the passengers were updated on the status of the strike and were asked not come to the airport because many flights were cancelled all over the country. Few passengers, who had the urgency, visited the airport and were flown in some other airlines.
According to Dabolim Airport Director D Paul Manickam, two domestic flights, Mumbai-Goa and Delhi-Goa via Mumbai scheduled in the morning and evening did not arrive in Goa, as both arrival and departure were cancelled, while international flight Chennai-Goa-Kuwait was also cancelled.
“It is most likely that Kuwait-bound passengers will be flown on May 28,” added Paul.
On Tuesday night, about 170 passengers of Dubai-Goa-Bangalore flight that had arrived in Goa were stranded, after Air India employees refused to flow it to Bangalore. Most of the passengers were accommodated in a hotel in Vasco.
Meanwhile, passengers of Dubai-Goa-Bangalore flight were flown in some other flights to Bangalore on Wednesday afternoon.
