Several pilots of the troubled, Kingfisher Airlines have gone on strike from Sunday night to protest prolonged delays in their salaries payouts by the management.

Some of the senor pilots have indicated that company engineers might also join the strike soon as the management has not delivered on its promises to release salaries for its employees. The pilots have said that they are holding a meeting in Mumbai and Delhi to decide upon their future actions.

The pilots said that they have not been paid their salaries since February after several empty promises about of salaries. They have said that the pilots will decide their future action till Monday evening. Kingfisher Chief Vijay Mallya had warned earlier that any strike by the already few remaining pilots with the airline could threaten the continuity of the company's flying license.

Meanwhile, the troubles of the private sector airline increased as its lessors took back 34 aircrafts due to the non-payment of Rs 1000 crore in lease rentals by the airline. Kingfisher Airlines has confirmed that the company had to return some aircraft but claimed that it was not due to non-payment of lease rentals by the airline.