- The low-cost airline announced that the cuts will be in effect for three months starting May.
- CEO Ronojoy Dutta said that the cuts will range from 1.5-5 days depending on the employee group.
- The company has paid full salaries to employees in March and April, PTI reported.
Indian low-cost airline
"No option but to implement pay-cuts from the month of May. We have to implement a limited, graded leave without pay program for May, June & July. Leave without pay will range from 1.5-5 days depending on the employee group. Level A employees, who form a majority of our workforce will not be impacted,” Dutta said.
The company paid full salaries to employees in March and April, according to the report.
This comes after IndiGo said that they would trim the employee salaries by 25%, starting next month — including CEO Ronojoy Dutta — stating ‘precipitous drop in revenues.’ Salaries account for over 10% of the total expenses for IndiGo — which spent ₹3,210 crore on paychecks last financial year.
IndiGo, India’s largest airline, had reported a 15-20% decline in daily bookings even before the lockdown had come into effect, chief executive for aviation consultancy CAPA India told ET on March 14.
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Meanwhile, GoAir too said that it will cut salaries across levels which said it had no other option. It also said the airline was planning a 20% pay cut for employees in a staggered manner.
Recently, the Indian aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) extended the validity of pilots’ licences that were up for renewal in the next 90 days as the lockdown has suspended the training of the flight crew. The validity of medical assessment certificates, aircraft rating certificates, skill test certificates has also been extended.
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