Kingfisher to extend lockout; management, workers to meet again soon Kingfisher Airlines to extend grounding of flights.

Embattled Kingfisher Airlines, which has been grounded since September 29, today said it will have to extend the October 20 deadline it had set for itself to resume operations, as a meeting with the striking employees today failed to resolve the deadlock.

On October 10, the airline had said it would resume operations from October 20.

"We will have to look at extending the lockout for a few more days... The meeting with the representatives of pilots and engineers was very good. The discussions are moving in the right direction," airline chief executive Sanjay Agarwal told reporters after emerging from a meeting with the employee representatives here this evening.

(PTI)