Cabin Crew Shortage Hits Air India's Ultra Long Haul Flights: Report
NDTV
On Friday, Air India said some of its flights to North America were getting delayed owing to airport entry pass issues for the cabin crew
Cabin crew constraints are impacting Air India's ultra long haul flights, with the Tatas-owned carrier deciding to either reschedule or cancel certain services to San Francisco and Vancouver, according to airline sources.
The sources said the airline is either delaying departures or cancelling some of its ultra long haul flights amid cabin crew shortages and the situation is resulting in inconvenience to passengers in this peak winter travel season.
Generally, ultra long haul flights are those having duration of more than 16 hours.
"Air India flights AI-183/AI184 (Delhi-SFO-Delhi) for December 10 and December 13 stand cancelled," Air India said in an internal circular on December 9.
