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India's Vistara cuts flights amid pilot shortage
India's Vistara Airlines said on Sunday it was scaling back operations by around 25-30 flights per day, amid disruption that sources have said is caused by a shortage of pilots. Vistara, owned by the Tata group and Singapore Airlines , currently operates more than 300 flights a day, but has cancelled scores of flights since April 1 after a number of its pilots went on sick leave. Some of those who went on leave complained that their pay had been cut ahead of a merger with Tata-owned Air India later this year, as they struggled with growing fatigue from a busy schedule.
- Reuters SG
India's Vistara cutting 20 flights a day, likely to cut May pilot schedules, CNBC-TV18 reports
India's Vistara Airlines has been cancelling around 20 flights a day and might consider adjusting its pilots' schedules in May, its top boss told news channel CNBC-TV18 on Friday, amid a surge in flight cancellations by the carrier. A number of Vistara's pilots went on sick leave, and some of those who went on leave protested a downward revision to pay ahead of a merger with Tata-owned Air India later this year, amid growing fatigue from a busy schedule, Reuters reported earlier this week. Jointly owned by the Tata group and Singapore Airlines , Vistara has been cancelling flights since late March due to its crew's unavailability.
- Reuters SG
RPT-India's Vistara could cut flights amid pilot shortage, sources say
The CEO of India's Vistara Airlines told employees at a meeting on Wednesday that it will revise crew rosters and may scale back flights to address ongoing disruption due to a sudden shortage of pilots, two people familiar with the discussions said. Vistara, owned by the Tata group and Singapore Airlines , has cancelled more than 125 flights since April 1, one of the sources said, after a number of its pilots went on sick leave at the end of March. Some of those who went on leave were protesting against a downwards revision to pay ahead of a merger with Tata-owned Air India later this year, amid growing fatigue due to a busy schedule, according to two Vistara pilots.
