Hundreds of pilots working for India’s private Jet Airways have called in sick for a second day causing the cancellation of over 100 flights, leading to angry confrontations.
On Tuesday roughly 13,000 passengers were stranded as over 180 international and domestic flights were cancelled.
The pilots are protesting over the dismissal of two senior pilots last month by the management.
The pilot’s union, the National Aviator’s Guild, is demanding the reinstatement of the two pilots.
Most morning flights on Wednesday were cancelled yesterday but flights to Europe, the United Kingdom and United States were also on schedule.
The airline has been helped out by India’s national airline Air India, by flying the nation’s cricket team to Colombo for a tri-series.
The protests have led to many thousands of passengers being stranded at airports across India.
On Tuesday, Jet Airways went to court in a bid to get its pilots back to work, saying that the protest would damage the airline’s operations and inconvenience to the travelling public.
A statement from the pilots’ union said that the protests would continue until their demands were met.
A spokesman for the pilots’ union has said the protest would continue until their demand was met.
Last year, the airline had announced plans to lay off 1,900 staff to cut costs.
