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KFA to decide on lifting partial lockout on Oct 4

Kingfisher Airlines will take a call on lifting a partial lockout on October 4, chief executive Sanjay Aggarwal said today. The airline is engaging in talks with employees, he told reporters after a meeting with the country's aviation regulator.

Updated on: Oct 02, 2012 01:16 PM IST
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Kingfisher Airlines will take a call on lifting a partial lockout on October 4, chief executive Sanjay Aggarwal said on Tuesday.

The airline is engaging in talks with employees, Aggarwal told reporters after a meeting with the country's aviation regulator.

Kingfisher declared a partial lockout and cancelled all of its flights through Thursday, as labour unrest exacerbates troubles for the debt-laden company.

Earlier, Kingfisher said the lockout followed "unabated incidents of violence, criminal intimidation, assault, wrongful restraint and other illegal acts" by some employees.

Not a single flight took off on Monday as pilots joined engineers, who have been on strike since Saturday. Kingfisher has been hit by repeated strikes for close to a year now.

Aviation minister Ajit Singh said Kingfisher would not be allowed to fly if safety rules were not followed.

(With Reuters and HT inputs)

 
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