Flight operations normal on second day of strike

NEW DELHI: The indefinite strike by airport employees had no impact on flight operations on the second day of the agitation at the IGI airport here on Thursday.

Most of the flights arriving and departing from here were on time, airport officials said. However, sanitation and baggage handling at the airport was hit by the strike as AAI employees looks after both the things.

Used coffee and tea cups, water bottles and waste paper could be seen littered every where as there was no one to clean the area.

Toilets were also stinking inconveniencing passengers. The toilets are stinking and we cannot use them," said Mohd Yunis, who arrived here from Dubai.

Meanwhile, the Airport Authority Employees Union (AAEU) branch secretary Pramod Kumar Sharma said, "we will continue with our movement."

The agitating employees took out a procession at the domestic and international terminal. They also put up tents at the Airport Authority of India office near Mahipalpur.

The Airport Authority of India employees are protesting against moves to privatise some airports and demanding among other things a comprehensive pension scheme and immediate filling up of vacancies.