Mangalore, July 20: Worries could continue to haunt the Mangalorean community living in the gulf countries as the flights which had been cancelled owing to the Air India pilots' strike continue to remain cancelled.
Speaking to Coastaldigest.com, an Air India official said that although it has appeared in the media that the pilots have called off the strike, the problem has not yet been solved. The Union Civil Aviation Minister has not yet accepted their demands and many of them continue to remain away from duty. Even if the problem is solved, it will take about 15 days more for everything to come back to normalcy, he said.
On July 9, Coastaldigest.com had published a report on the temporary cancellation of flights which has become a worry for the NRI population in the gulf who are finding it difficult to book tickets to come home during Ramadan/Eid holidays.
Day flights from Dubai to Mangalore continue to remain stopped. The number of direct Mangalore-Bahrain direct flights has also come down from 3 to 1. Only one flight in a week will operate on the Mangalore-Bahrain route till at least August end.
New Schedule
Meanwhile, Air India has announced its new flight schedule effective from July 23:
Mangalore – Kuwait – Mangalore flight will operate on three days
IX 389 Mangalore – Kuwait on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays: Departure Mangalore 17:45 hrs.
IX 390 Kuwait-Mangalore on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays: Arrival Mangalore 06:20 hrs.
Mangalore- Mumbai – Mangalore flight will operate on Mondays
IX 802 Mangalore - Mumbai: Departure Mangalore 10:30 hrs
IX 208 Mumbai – Mangalore: Arrival Mangalore 20:45 hrs
Mangalore – Bahrain – Mangalore flight will now operate on Saturday
IX 8199 Mangalore – Bahrain: Departure Mangalore 10:00 hrs
IX 820 Bahrain – Mangalore: Arrival Mangalore 19:15 hrs
Related: AI Pilots' strike effect: Concerns over cancelled M'lore-Dubai, Bahrain flights
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