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The civil aviation regulator on Tuesday directed Vistara to file daily reports on flight cancellations and delays, even as the Tata Group-operated airline scrambled to minimise the disruptions, which industry executives said was in part due to its revised contract for pilots...
The airline, which was operating around 350 flights daily, has been forced to cancel more than a hundred flights since March 30..
The industry executives and pilots ET spoke with said the flight cancellations started after Vistara offered pilots a new contract as part of the merger process with Air India...
"Though a common seniority list has been promised, there is no clarity yet on whether Vistara pilots will retain their seniority list after the merger, as Air India has also hired pilots aggressively," a pilot said...
On March 15, in an internal communication seen by ET, Vistara warned its pilots that failure to accept the new contract by the end of the day will result in forfeiting a one-time payout and imply a lack of interest in joining Air India after the merger..
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