National carrier Air India was making efforts to bring normalcy in its daily functioning after a two-day wildcat strike by 15,000 employees.

The company also said that it would take atleast two more days for flight schedules to turn normal.

An airline spokesperson said 78 flights, domestic as well as international, have been scheduled Thursday and more will be pressed into service next day to clear the backlog that took place due to strike.

An Air India representative said, "There were a few cancellations from New Delhi and Kolkata this morning, but as far as Mumbai was concerned, we have been able to operate all our flights as usual."

"Two early morning flights to Ahmedabad could also not be operated. But they had minimal load, which was transferred to other flights operating from the international terminal."

Air India said that the recent strike had resulted into more than 100 flight cancellations and a loss of Rs 12 crore for the carrier, even as 13,000 riders were inconvenienced.

The strike was finally canceled after the Delhi High Court confined the unions - protesting what they said was a management gag order on them against speaking to the media - from proceeding with their agitation till July 13.

This time around, the Air India administration, supported by the administration, also fired around 15 union leaders for stirring up the strike for reasons they said were flimsy and out of context. Services of 17 others were suspended.

The unions, however, have decided to take up the matter with Chief Labour Commissioner S. K. Mukhopadhyay, who was mediating on behalf of the two sides and had assured that there would be no victimisation.

The sudden strike had further dented the image of the national carrier that had come under a cloud because of reports of poor safety standards in the light of the Mangalore air crash and overall deterioration in services due to accumulated losses that topped $2.5 billion. (With Inputs from Agencies)