With ticket bookings slowly picking up, Air India today operated about 50 per cent of its flights, two days after the pilots' strike ended.
The airline expected normal operations within a day or two, an Air India spokeswoman said in Mumbai. The airline operated around 60 per cent of its flights from the city, while overall it is only about 50 per cent. Air India operates over 50 flights from Mumbai daily and over 320 across the country.
In Delhi, AI spokeseprson Kamaljit Rattan said the “passenger load is gradually picking up after we opened bookings yesterday”.
Officials said getting the planes, grounded for ten days, ready to fly and rostering of pilots and cabin crew has commenced.
The 10-day strike resulted in a loss of about Rs 160 crore.