Air India has reduced its operation to 40 flights across its network against the regular 165 as pilots' agitation continues on the 5th day today. A spokesman of the airline said that the national carrier will be utilising Boeing 737 aircraft of its subsidiary Air India Express on some of the sectors. He said the national carrier will be operating 14 flights, including one each to Kathmandu and Dubai today out of its scheduled 52 flights from the national capital.The stand-off between striking pilots and Air India management continues with both sides refusing to budge from their respective stand.Agitating pilots say they have not received any formal invitation for talks from the Air India management. The national carries on the other hand is waiting for the Delhi High Court's decision on the contempt of court proceedings against the Indian Commercial Pilot Association leaders. BJP today questionned government's inaction in controlling the agitation by the striking pilots which enterd its fifth day today. Briefing reporters in New Delhi today party spokesman Rajiv Pratap Rudy charged the Centre of trying to shut down the national carrier. Mr Rudy urged the Prime Minister to respond on whether this is a ploy to close the airline. Mr Rudy said that Air India has accumalated huge losses after the merger of erstwhile Indian Airlines with Air India.