Air India management on Thursday filed a contempt case against striking pilots in Delhi High court. Thursday is the third day of stir by the pilots of Indian Pilots Guild, IPG and High court has declared Pilot strike as illegal. The government has also said that the strike is illegal as no prior notice was given to the management.

5 international flights from Delhi and 3 flights from Mumbai were cancelled today. Air India spokesperson told AIR that booking of west bound flights have been stopped till 14th of this month. These include New York, New Jercy and Toronto. He said passengers who have booked their tickets up to 14th of this month can prepone or postpone their date of journey without paying any extra charges.

Earlier, Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh reaffirmed government's readiness to hold talks with the pilots and hoped that they would follow the High Court order declaring the stir illegal . He said Justice Dharmadhikari penal report, on integration of workforce of Air India and Indian Airlines including promotions, has already considered the issues raised by the agitating pilots.

The pilots have been protesting against rescheduling of Boeing 787 Dreamliner training

Meanwhile, 10 more AIR India pilots were suspended today. With this the total number of pilots suspended has gone up to 46.