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Updated on: Jul 2023

Compensation

Air India revises job contracts for non-flying staff

Jul 1, 2023

Air India provides relaxation in leave policy for retiring employees

According to Media reports, Air India has providednbsprelaxation in the leave policy for retiring ...

Work Model

May 27, 2023

Air India provides relaxation in leave policy for retiring employees

Air India trying forced eviction, say employees

Tata-owned Air India has been ordered by the Bombay HC to wait till October before initiating act...

Industry

Oct 4, 2022

Air India trying forced eviction, say employees

Air India starts restoring salaries in a phased manner

Air India is restoring salaries of employees in a phased manner to pre-pandemic levels as the aviati...

Industry

Apr 16, 2022

Air India starts restoring salaries in a phased manner

Industry

IndiGo pilots upset with 8% pay hike after 28% cut

Pilots of India’s largest passenger airline, IndiGo are disappointed over the recent 8 per cent salary hike announced by the airline. They were expecting the restoration of the 28 per cent cut, that was imposed two years back. “Around 28 per cent of our salary was cut during the pandemic, instead of restoring it to […]

Apr 5, 2022

Industry

Govt should not give clearance to newly appointed Air India CEO Ilker Ayci

RSS-affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch Friday said the government should not give clearance to the appointment of Ilker Ayci as the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Air India “keeping in view national security”. SJM’s co-convenor Ashwani Mahajan said the government is “already sensitive” to the issue and has taken up the matter “very seriously”. […]

Feb 26, 2022

C-Suite Move

Jet Airways appoints ex-SriLankan Airlines CEO Vipula Gunatilleka as CFO

Jalan-Kalrock consortium-owned Jet Airways on Tuesday announced the appointment of former SriLankan Airlines’ CEO, Vipula Gunatilleka as the Chief Financial Officer. “We are excited to welcome Vipula Gunatilleka to our young and energetic team. Vipula is an aviation expert and is regarded as a turnaround specialist in the industry. He has been shortlisted after a […]

Feb 23, 2022

C-Suite Move

IndiGo appoints Saguna Vaid as general counsel with effect from Dec 1

IndiGo airlines has appointed Saguna Vaid as its general counsel with effect from December 1, it said on Thursday. Vaid will be replacing Priya Mehra, who has joined upcoming low-cost carrier Akasa Air as its legal head. “Saguna joins IndiGo from Nokia Networks, where she was the director and head of Legal and Compliance for India and the […]

Nov 6, 2021

Coronavirus

IndiGo announces leave without pay scheme for senior employees

IndiGo announces leave without pay scheme for senior employees IndiGo on Monday said senior employees will have to go on compulsory leave without pay (LWP) for up to four days per month till September as passenger traffic has reduced due to the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. “The second wave has been difficult for all of us […]

Jun 1, 2021

Industry

IndiGo rolls out initiatives to support employees amid COVID-19

IndiGo rolls out initiatives to support employees amid COVID-19 IndiGo, an Indian low-cost airline announced today that it is setting up a 13-bedded dedicated COVID care centre in collaboration with Columbia Asia Hospital in Gurugram, for COVID-19 Ve+ employees. The COVID care centre is with the facilities of access to an oxygen bed with related medical facilities. This can […]

May 13, 2021

Jobs

IndiGo plans to add flights connecting 7 more cities

IndiGo plans to add flights connecting 7 more cities IndiGo said on Tuesday it plans to start new flights connecting Leh, Darbhanga, Agra, Kurnool, Bareilly, Durgapur and Rajkot from February onwards. “The airline plans to start flights connecting Leh and Darbhanga in February, followed by Kurnool and Agra in March, Bareilly and Durgapur in April […]

Jan 12, 2021

Jobs

AirAsia to sell bulk of stake in India operations to Tata Sons

AirAsia to sell bulk of stake in India operations to Tata Sons Malaysian budget airline AirAsia Group Bhd said on Tuesday it plans to sell 32.67% of its stake in its Indian operations to majority shareholder Tata Sons for $37.7 million. The airline, which until now owned 49% of AirAsia India as part of a […]

Dec 29, 2020

Jobs

IATA urges Centre to support Indian airlines to tide over COVID crisis

IATA urges Centre to support Indian airlines to tide over COVID crisis The central government should change its position and support the Indian airlines and other aviation stakeholders in the face of COVID-19 crisis, a top official of global airlines body IATA said on Wednesday. The Indian carriers have laid off employees, cut salaries and posted significant losses during […]

Nov 26, 2020