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Updated on: Jul 2023
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IndiGo pilots upset with 8% pay hike after 28% cut
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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 […]

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Govt should not give clearance to newly appointed Air India CEO Ilker Ayci
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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”. […]

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

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

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IndiGo announces leave without pay scheme for senior employees
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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 […]

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IndiGo rolls out initiatives to support employees amid COVID-19
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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 […]

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IndiGo plans to add flights connecting 7 more cities
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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 […]

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AirAsia to sell bulk of stake in India operations to Tata Sons
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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 […]

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