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Kingfisher Airlines has told its staff that there will be no operations till October 7.
According to sources, a message to this effect has come from Operations.
Initially the airline had said that the partial lockout delcared on October 1 was till October 4 and the flights will operate from October 5.
'Partial lockout'
Kingfisher Chief Executive Officer Sanjay Agarwal is travelling to all stations to meet the staff following the airline declaring a 'partial lockout' on October 1. He is expected to have a meeting in Chennai on Friday.
Senior airline staffers met with staffers in Delhi on Thursday.
According to senior Kingfisher officials, March salary for the remaining staff will be given in about a week. The airline hopes to start operating again in four to five days.
The airline staff has not been paid for the past seven months. At a recent meeting with the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, Agarwal said that at least 2,000 of the 4,000 staff had recently been paid their March salary.
Talks fail
The talks between CEO, EVP, pilots and engineers of Delhi base ended in failure as there was no commitment made by the management regarding payment of overdue salaries.
Employees demanded the payment of long pending salary (7 months) prior to resuming operations. All of them expressed their keenness to resume work provided their dues are cleared expeditiously.
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