Mumbai, May 6 (PTI) With two rounds of talks between the striking pilots and the government failing to end the deadlock, both have agreed to meet again today, even as the domestic operations of the national carrier Air India remained crippled for the tenth consecutive day.
With the strike still on, the airline has grounded up to 90 per cent of its operations and has been operating around 30 flights a day besides some charter flights from Kingfisher and Air Arabia.
Yesterday, the airline operated 18 charter flights, 16 domestic and two international using aircraft borrowed from Kingfisher and Air Arabia, a company spokesperson, adding it may continue to do so today as well.
The civil aviation ministry yesterday held talks with the agitating pilots to find a way to break the ice following the strike, for the second time. The talks, however, were inconclusive.