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Updated on: May 2023
Salary hike alert: Air India staff to receive 8-10% salary hike
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Salary hike alert: Air India staff to receive 8-10% salary hike

According to a Livemint report, the flag carrier airline of India, Tata group-owned Air India will be revising the salary of staff and it is expected the salary hike to be nearly 8-10%. It is expected that the shortage of pilots is the key reason behind the decision to raise salaries. There has been a […]

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Air India to revise the Privilege Leave policy
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Air India to revise the Privilege Leave policy

The flag carrier airline of India, Air India will revise its privilege leave Policy for employees effective April 1. Air India will be revising its policy from the next financial year including for both permanent and full-term contract staff. Air India’s Chief Human Resources Officer Suresh Dutt Tripathi said, “We are reviewing our leave policy comprehensively […]

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Air India makes another voluntary retirement offer to staff
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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 is the second time the company is offering VRS to employees. The airline is accepting the offer for voluntary retirement till April 30. The chief human resources Suresh Dutt Tripathi of Air India has sent a communication to the staff. […]

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Air India is on a hiring spree to hire over 5000 employees
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Air India is on a hiring spree to hire over 5000 employees

Tata Group-owned, Air India is on a hiring spree. The company will be hiring over 4,200 cabin crew trainees and 900 pilots in 2023. Air India, which currently has a fleet of 140 planes, will buy 470 aircraft from Boeing and Airbus. Recently, the Airline will require more than 6,500 pilots to operate 470 aircraft that […]

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

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Air India to implement employment policy after March
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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 […]

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

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Air India pilots union wants Chairman’s heed on working conditions
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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. […]

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Air India to bolster the ethics culture at the airline
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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, […]

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Air India trying forced eviction, say employees
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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 […]

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After crew, IndiGo faces trouble as technicians takes mass leave
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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 […]

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IndiGo crew took mass sick leave on Air India recruitment day
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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 […]

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