Some flights of Air India Express cancelled, airports incur loss of revenue  

KOCHI: Air India Express continues to cancel flights today also. A notification was obtained in connection with the cancellation of flights. Two services from Kannur and one from Kochi were cancelled Monday morning.

Dammam and Bahrain services supposed to depart in the morning were disrupted. Services from Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, Dammam and Bahrain to Kochi have also been cancelled. The services that were supposed to be operated in the domestic sectors of Bengaluru, Kolkata and Hyderabad were also cancelled.

Some services were also cancelled on Monday. The disruption occurred in the services from Kochi to Dammam and Bahrain. There were no services to reach Kochi from Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, Dammam and Bahrain on Sunday. Although the workers called off the strike, Air India's services are yet to return to normalcy. The airports are losing crores of revenue due to this.

The authorities had announced the other day that the services will start as soon as the striking employees return. Crews have started returning to work, but cabin crew need to get a fitness certificate to resume work. Officials informed that the steps will be expedited. Due to the strong intervention of the central government, the strike of Air India Express employees reached a settlement last Thursday. The decision was taken during a discussion held by the employees' association and representatives of Air India in the presence of the chief labor commissioner (Central) in Delhi. According to the agreement, the dismissal of 30 employees was also cancelled.