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| Airport strike fails to take off |
| The indefinite strike called by thousands of employees of the Airports Authority of India has failed to have the desired effect
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| INDIA
, 12-March-2008
10:17:50 AM |
| The indefinite strike called by thousands of employees of the Airports Authority of India has failed to have the desired effect. Domestic and international flights from the four main metros have not been disrupted at all.
''Flight movement was smooth here,'' a senior official at Delhi airport said as the indefinite agitation by Airport Authority of India Employees Joint Forum began at midnight on Tuesday to protest the closure of airports in Bangalore and Hyderabad.
The Forum claimed about 14,000 employees are on ''indefinite non-cooperation movement'' since midnight affecting operations at 127 airports.
Airport unions are holding talks with the civil aviation minister on Wednesday to reach a compromise.
Flight operations in Delhi remained normal with airlines operating services on time. Over 250 flights arrived and 125 departed from Delhi airport till Wednesday evening.
The striking workers mainly maintenance and housekeeping staff are demanding among other things that the existing Bangalore and Hyderabad airports be allowed to continue operations even after new international airports built for the two cities come into operation.
''If any passenger is facing a problem, I apologize,'' said Harpal Singh, President, AAEU. But the apology was not needed.
Flights on schedule
Even in Left-ruled West Bengal where the strike was expected to have the worst impact, just three flights were delayed, and by afternoon everything was normal except for cleanliness problems.
''The flight was fine but when we landed there was no trolleys, it was also very dirty inside the airport unlike Lucknow airport which was very clean,'' said a passenger in Kolkata.
There was hardly any impact even at the epicentres of the crisis, the Bangalore and Hyderabad airports, which will be closed down in three days. It was this announcement that forced the Unions to launch their non-co-operation movement.
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