30 AI flights from Chennai cancelled

CHENNAI: Thirty Air India flights to various destinations from here were today cancelled as the strike by the airline's pilots entered the seventh day.

Airport sources said 23 domestic and seven international flights, scheduled to fly between six am and 10 pm, were cancelled.

Around 850 AI pilots are on strike since April 27 demanding higher fixed component in their salary package, removal of Air India CMD and a CBI probe into alleged financial mismanagement.