Arvind Jadhav, the top airline official, says the management would discuss the pilots' demands with them in the coming days.

The striking pilots would resume flying from midnight Friday, Rasabh Kapoor, a spokesman for the pilots' association, told reporters.

They were demanding higher pay, an investigation into alleged mismanagement leading to losses of over 160 billion rupees ($3.6 billion), and removal of Jadhav as the airline's managing director.