Air India: HR News, Trends & Workplace Insights

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Updated on: Mar 2023

Compensation

Salary hike alert Air India staff to receive - salary hike

Mar 31, 2023

Air India to revise the Privilege Leave policy

The flag carrier airline of India, Air India will revise its privilege leave Policy for employees ef...

Work Model

Mar 24, 2023

Air India to revise the Privilege Leave policy

Air India makes another voluntary retirement offer to staff

Tata Group-owned, Air India is offering a voluntary retirement scheme for its non-flying staff. This...

Work Model

Mar 17, 2023

Air India makes another voluntary retirement offer to staff

Air India is on a hiring spree to hire over employees

Tata Group-owned, Air India is on a hiring spree. The company will be hiring over , cabin crew t...

Hiring

Feb 25, 2023

Hiring

Air India inks great deal with Airbus, Boeing; 2 lakh jobs in India

According to Business Today, Air India and aircraft makers Boeing and Airbus will create over 2,00,000 jobs in India, directly and indirectly. Air India, which currently has a fleet of 140 planes, will buy 470 aircraft from Boeing and Airbus. Recently, Air India will require more than 6,500 pilots to operate 470 aircraft that are to be […]

Feb 19, 2023

Industry

Air India to implement employment policy after March

Recently, Indian Police arrested an Air India passenger after a complaint was filed by a woman on board for urinating on her. Shankar Mishra has been sent to judicial custody for 14 days. Regarding this incident, DGCA has instructed the TATA Group-owned Air India to establish a record of all passengers who have exhibited unruly behaviour and put them on […]

Jan 10, 2023

Compensation

Air India to deduct salary of staff overstaying in Vasant Vihar colony

According to The Economic Times reports, Govt asks the TATA group-owned, Air India to deduct employees’ salaries for overstaying in Delhi’s Vasant Vihar colony. The airline staffer residing in Vasant Vihar said they would amount to around Rs 95,000 per month. The Airline management has been instructed to deduct the amount, starting from October, from […]

Dec 29, 2022

Industry

Air India pilots union wants Chairman’s heed on working conditions

TATA-Group-owned, Air India pilots’ union has alleged that working conditions are hostile at the airline and sought Tata group Chairman N Chandrasekaran’s intervention to resolve the issues. The pilots have raised various concerns including unethical treatment, hostile working conditions, pay cuts, and many others. A letter addressing the same has been written to the Chairman. […]

Dec 22, 2022

Industry

Air India to bolster the ethics culture at the airline

Air India has put in place an ethics governance structure and is also establishing committees at the apex and regional levels. The purpose of these committees is to bolster the ethics culture at the airline. These regional committees will be responsible for building a “positive ethics culture” through continuous engagement, communication, and ethics training. Additionally, […]

Dec 13, 2022

Industry

Air India trying forced eviction, say employees

Tata-owned Air India has been ordered by the Bombay HC to wait till October 28 before initiating action against employees who refuse to vacate their staff quarters. The employee has also said the airline took steps to disrupt the water supply provided to its staff colonies in Mumbai and Delhi and began forcible eviction. The letter sent […]

Oct 4, 2022

Industry

After crew, IndiGo faces trouble as technicians takes mass leave

India’s largest passenger airline, IndiGo aircraft maintenance technicians went on sick leave in Hyderabad and Delhi to protest against their low salaries. Some technicians did not report for the night shift at Hyderabad on July 8. The company said that it is taking adequate measures and there were no delays or disruptions in flight schedules […]

Jul 12, 2022

Industry

IndiGo crew took mass sick leave on Air India recruitment day

Indigo‘s more than 50% of flights were delayed on Saturday. The delay was caused due to the sudden absence of a large number of IndiGo employees. The IndiGo crew members took mass Sick Leave on Air India recruitment day. TATA-owned Air India’s phase-2 recruitment drive was conducted on Saturday. The delays also happened on the […]

Jul 4, 2022

Industry

Air India offers to re-hire pilots post-retirement for 5 years

Tata-owned Air India has come up with a plan for pilots and has offered to re-hire pilots after their retirement for five years. The airline looks for stability in operations amid talk of acquiring 300 single-aisle planes, according to internal communication. The airline is looking for stability and promising employees and also is considering re-hiring […]

Jun 25, 2022

Industry

Tata Group-owned Air India offers VRS to its employees

Streamlining operations, Tata Group-owned Air India offers Voluntary Retirement Scheme to its thousands of employees who have completed 55 years of age or 20 years of continuous service in the company. As an additional benefit, the airline is reducing the VRS age eligibility from 55 years to 40 years for cabin crew members who are […]

Jun 3, 2022

Hiring

Air India announces hiring drive, and group medical insurance scheme

Air India following the successful completion of the national carrier’s divestment drive, the Tata group is all set to upgrade the passenger service systems of the airline for a better passenger experience. Hiring Drive However, steps have been taken forward and the company is on a hiring drive. It is conducting walk-in interviews for cabin […]

May 26, 2022

Appointments

Tata Sons appoints Campbell Wilson as CEO & MD of Air India

The Tata Group has appointed Campbell Wilson as CEO & MD of Air India. He is currently CEO of Singapore Airlines’ low-cost subsidiary Scoot. Earlier this year, Tata Group had named Turkish Airlines Chairman Ilker Ayci as Air India’s CEO & MD, but he denied the position. Commenting on the appointment, N Chandrasekaran, Chairman, Air India said, […]

May 12, 2022