By Staff Reporter
Following the delay and cancellation of more than 90 international and domestic flights due to cabin crew reporting sick, Air India Express’ chief executive officer (CEO), Aloke Singh, announced on Wednesday that the airline will reduce its flight operation in the coming days.
“Since last evening, over a 100 of our cabin crew colleagues have reported sick prior to their rostered flight duty, at the last minute, severely disrupting our operations. Because this action was mostly by colleagues assigned L1 role, the impact was disproportionate, disrupting 90+ flights even though other colleagues reported for duty,” the airline’s CEO said in a statement.
Hundreds of passengers from the UAE were stranded following the cancellation or delay of the Air India Express flights. As news of the flight cancellations spread, ticket prices of other airlines shot up.
