Tata Group-owned Air India pilots joined crew at Vistara in voicing concerns regarding excessive workload and inadequate compensation, further exacerbating the ongoing travel disruptions in India.
Vistara, jointly owned by Tata and Singapore Airlines has been at the forefront of the chaos, with over 140 flight cancellations since Monday due to mass pilot sick calls related to pay cuts and fatigue concerns.
The airline’s flight cancellations persist, with an additional 13 flights scrapped on Friday. The Tata Group is actively addressing pilot issues, while cancellations have led to fare increases on certain routes.
Vistara cancels flights on Thu; efforts continue to address pilots’ issues
Vistara continued to cancel flights on Thursday as the Tata Group works to address pilot issues, while fares spiked in some routes due to cancellations, according to sources and travel industry executives.
A day after Vistara CEO Vinod Kannan apologised to pilots about the issues and assured them of taking steps to resolve them, the airline saw cancellations of around 20 flights.
The number of flight cancellations was in the double digits on Thursday but less than 26 cancellations were seen on Wednesday and the situation is improving, the sources said.
Vistara, which is to operate more than 300 flights daily in the ongoing summer schedule, has decided to temporarily scale back operations.
