<p>Kingfisher Airline's ATR operation from Delhi was crippled following a section of its engineers going on strike since last night demanding payment of salary.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"As of now four Kingfisher flights have been cancelled due to engineers not joining duty demanding March salary, which has still not been paid to them along with a majority of airline's employees," sources said here.<br /><br />This is the fourth strike by engineers since May. Kingfisher Airline operates short haul destinations such as Chandigarh, Dharamshala, Dehradun, among others with ATR.<br /><br />Earlier this week, the airline's Mumbai-based pilots had also gone on strike on similar issues forcing Kingfisher to use the services of manager-cadre engineers to certify aircraft for operations.<br /><br />Under the DGCA norms, an aircraft can't take off unless its air worthiness is certified by the airline engineers after regular safety check-ups. A section of Kingfisher pilots had gone on strike late last month to protest salary delays.<br /><br />Since April, KFA employees have been striking work at regular intervals. The debt-ridden airline, struggling for survival and facing funding drought for more than a year now, has not paid salaries to most of its employees since March.</p>
<p>Kingfisher Airline's ATR operation from Delhi was crippled following a section of its engineers going on strike since last night demanding payment of salary.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"As of now four Kingfisher flights have been cancelled due to engineers not joining duty demanding March salary, which has still not been paid to them along with a majority of airline's employees," sources said here.<br /><br />This is the fourth strike by engineers since May. Kingfisher Airline operates short haul destinations such as Chandigarh, Dharamshala, Dehradun, among others with ATR.<br /><br />Earlier this week, the airline's Mumbai-based pilots had also gone on strike on similar issues forcing Kingfisher to use the services of manager-cadre engineers to certify aircraft for operations.<br /><br />Under the DGCA norms, an aircraft can't take off unless its air worthiness is certified by the airline engineers after regular safety check-ups. A section of Kingfisher pilots had gone on strike late last month to protest salary delays.<br /><br />Since April, KFA employees have been striking work at regular intervals. The debt-ridden airline, struggling for survival and facing funding drought for more than a year now, has not paid salaries to most of its employees since March.</p>