The flight moment in Thiruvananthapuram International Airport has been affected with several outgoing and incoming international flights delayed following an indefinite strike declared by a group of employees from a Ground Handling Agency (GHA).
Cargo operations at airport was also severely disrupted due to an ongoing strike by contract workers of Air India SATS, who are demanding salary revisions, bonuses, and other benefits. The strike, jointly led by several trade unions, began at 10 PM on Saturday and has caused significant challenges in cargo handling.
The strike delayed several flights, but the airport authority has informed that no flights were cancelled due to the protest.
The passengers of the Bengaluru-Thiruvananthapuram Vistara service were the first affected. A Thiruvananthapuram-Dubai Emirates flight, scheduled for takeoff at 4.40 a.m., departed at 7.05 a.m.
Radhakrishnan M.C., a passenger who reached Thiruvananthapuram on the Abu Dhabi-Thiruvananthapuram Air Arabia flight, that landed at 4.40 a.m., said that he had to wait for two hours to get his luggage.