New Delhi: Reminding Air India that its image has hit rock-bottom, the
Supreme Court warned the cash-strapped national carrier on Friday that
unless it pulled up its socks and turned things around, it could
completely lose out to private airlines and even become non-existent.
In its harshest comments yet on the status of Air India, the court sternly told the government-run airline riven by labour disputes that it will "continue to bleed" if its management and employees unions do not sit together and thrash out differences "once and for all". Strikes by employees had become a routine affair in Air India, leaving the airline in a precarious condition, it said.
In a move that could have ramifications for private airlines, the court asked the Civil Aviation Ministry to take steps to bring back all profitable routes to Air India, which according to the judges, were "ceded completely" to private carriers for their exclusive use.
Read news in full 11/10/14 Harish V Nair/Mail Today/India Today
In its harshest comments yet on the status of Air India, the court sternly told the government-run airline riven by labour disputes that it will "continue to bleed" if its management and employees unions do not sit together and thrash out differences "once and for all". Strikes by employees had become a routine affair in Air India, leaving the airline in a precarious condition, it said.
In a move that could have ramifications for private airlines, the court asked the Civil Aviation Ministry to take steps to bring back all profitable routes to Air India, which according to the judges, were "ceded completely" to private carriers for their exclusive use.
Read news in full 11/10/14 Harish V Nair/Mail Today/India Today
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