A group of Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) activists attacked the Air India office here today, protesting against disruption of Air India Express flights from Kozhikode, police said.
The pro-CPI(M) youth wing workers barged into the airline office at Mavoor Road in Kozhikode today and smashed windowpanes before entering into an altercation with the staff for causing "inconvenience" to passengers due to disruption of flights to the busy Gulf sector.
Senior police officials rushed to the spot and brought the situation under control, the sources said. At least six Air India Express flights from Karipur airport here were cancelled and over a dozen flights delayed indefinitely yesterday.
Airline staff were reportedly absent at the airport to brief passengers on flight schedules. Air India had to cancel a few flight schedules while others were indefinitely delayed on various grounds during the week, inviting protests from passengers.
A passenger had yesterday accused Airline officials of going on leave during the Christmas recess, putting Gulf bound passengers to great hardship.
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