New Delhi, May 18 -- Air India and Air India Express flight operations were impacted at the Mumbai airport as employees of the government-owned ground handling agency, AIASL, carried out a protest for a wage hike and other demands.

Many took to social media to complain about the delay in flight operations at the Mumbai airport. They reported about flywers being "stranded" inside planes for hours.

One X user claimed, "@AirIndiaXFlight IX1671 from Mangaluru to Mumbai delayed again & again - 2 PM, then 3:30 PM, now 4:30 PM. Absolute embarrassment for a "national carrier." If you can't run operations properly, hand it back to the government instead of making passengers suffer every hour."

The Air India Express apologised to the customer, s...