After Vistara, Air India Express is facing turbulence, with staff reporting sick, leading to the cancellation of around 85 flights.

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Since Tuesday night, 300 senior cabin crew members of Air India Express reported sick at the last minute and switched off their cellphones, leading to over 90 flights being cancelled.

Since Tuesday night, 300 senior cabin crew members of Air India Express reported sick at the last minute and switched off their cellphones, leading to over 90 flights being cancelled.

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Air India Express cancelled scores of flights due to a shortage of cabin crew members as a section of them called in sick, protesting alleged mismanagement at the Tata Group-owned airline.

In India, Covishield is manufactured by the Serum Institute of India (SII) under a licensing agreement with AstraZeneca. SII, one of the world's leading vaccine producers, ceased Covishield production in December 2021 due to low demand.

The ministry of civil aviation has called for a report from Air India Express regarding cancellation of flights and asked them to resolve issues promptly.

Passengers took it to X and other social media platforms to express their anger against the cancellations. Videos of many angry passengers at Delhi, Kochi, Kozhikode and Thiruvananthapuram airports are doing rounds on social media. Travellers can be seen arguing with the ground staff of Air India Express as their flights were cancelled at the last minute.

AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine row: In 2022, sources for Serum Institute of India the producer of the vaccines in India had said that there were no fresh orders from the government and that their supply commitments had ended as of March 31.

According to the reports, the staff called in sick together to protest against the mismanagement by authorities at the Tata Group-owned airline.

AstraZeneca, however, attributed the move to commercial reasons. The company reportedly said that the vaccine is no longer being manufactured or supplied.

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