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He further gave an example of Amritsar-Birmingham flight cancelled by Air India and the same flight is now going with full occupancy. Your executive director does not understand the importance of the Chandigarh airport. Despite categorical directions, he has not filed the affidavit as per the orders,” Chief Justice Krishna Murari told the Air India counsel.On request of the Air India counsel against the summoning of executive director, the Chief Justice clarified that the court wants him to appear for assistance of court and it cannot be seen as punishment or contempt. CHANDIGARH:Apparently miffed at the unsatisfactory reply filed by the public sector airline in response to its queries, the Punjab and Haryana high court on Tuesday directed the executive director (operations) of Air India to appear before the court.“Why Chandigarh only, why don’t you shut down your operations from the entire country? The Chief Justice, however, orally observed that if he failed to appear, the court may issue bailable warrants to ensure his presence.The matter would now come up for hearing on November 1.On September 26, the court had asked Air India to file an affidavit giving complete details of their flights’ schedule on various sectors, the load factor and profitability of the flights..