Taking a tough stand against striking pilots, Air India management has suspended 26 more Pilots yesterday.

With this the number of suspended pilots has reached to 36. Delhi High Court has already declared Pilots stir as illegal.

Government also said that the strike is illegal as no prior notice was given to the management. The pilots have been protesting against rescheduling of Boeing 787 Dreamliner training.

Meanwhile, five Air India international flights were cancelled today from Delhi and Mumbai as the agitation by the protesting pilots entered the third day.

Air India spokesperson told AIR that 2 flights from Delhi to Chicago and Toronto and 3 international flights from Mumbai to New York, Riyadh and Shanghai were cancelled.

He said passengers who have booked their tickets up 14th of this month can prepone or postpone their date of journey without paying any extra charges.