Kolkata, September 13: Five Jet Airways flights from here were today cancelled even as the airlines made efforts to restore normalcy in its operations after its pilots called off their agitation.
Only two Jet Airways flights, including the Kolkata-Dhaka international flight, took off from here today, airport sources said.
While the Dhaka-bound left NSC Bose International Airport here at 6.55 am, a Kolkata-Bengaluru flight took off at 10 am, the sources said. Both the planes were flown by pilots who had not joined the five-day stir, the sources said.
Since 6 am today, Kolkata-Bagdogra, Kolkata-Guwahati, Kolkata-Chennai, Kolkata-Delhi and Kolkata-Mumbai flights were cancelled, the sources said.
Most of the pilots were expected to turn up for duty around noon and the situation was likely to normalise after 3 pm, the sources said.
Jet’s ticketing counter at the airport here, which wore a deserted look for the last five days, saw passengers of the cancelled flights standing in a queue.
Efforts were being made to accomodate them in the flights of other airlines’, the sources said.
Over 400 pilots, who reported “sick” for the last five days, decided to resume their duties after a nine-hour-long meeting with the airlines management in Mumbai last night.
—Agencies