MUMBAI: Budget carrier GoAir on Wednesday launched GoMore scheme, which will allow passengers to book adjacent seat on the same PNR in order to maintain social distancing amid the pandemic. Besides, the city-based airline also announced the launch ‘Online Doctor Consultation’ facility in association with MFine, an on-demand healthcare platform. The Wadia Group-promoted GoAir is […]
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Delhi makes 7-day institutional quarantine compulsory and paid
International arrivals With the pandemic having spread to every corner of the globe, new arrivals to any country are expected to be heavily screened and quarantined, same is the case in India where international arrivals are to quarantine for 14 days. Two phases International arrivals are expected to lodge themselves in a seven day institutional […]
Cash-strapped Air India reduces monthly allowances of employees by up to 50%
NEW DELHI: Air India has reduced monthly allowances of its employees who have a monthly gross salary of more than Rs 25,000 by up to 50 per cent, according to an internal order of the company. The order, dated July 22, said basic salary and allowances linked to it like industrial dearness allowance (IDA) and […]
Air India’s regional subsidiary Alliance Air announces more services to tier-II cities
Loss-making Air India’s regional subsidiary Alliance Air on Wednesday announced expansion of its services to enhance connectivity to more tier-II cities from metros, starting Friday. The airline is expanding operations at a time when major domestic carriers are struggling to operate even half of their allowed capacity amid demand slump due to the coronavirus pandemic. […]
Coronavirus impact: IndiGo to lay off 10% of its workforce, says CEO Ronojoy Dutta
Mumbai: IndiGo NSE 0.35 %, India’s biggest carrier by market share, will lay off 10% of its workforce, its chief executive said in a note, as airline operators globally take a beating due to the Covid-19 pandemic and resultant shutdowns. IndiGo currently has about 28,000 employees, of which 40% are pilots and cabin crew. A […]
SpiceJet acqui-hires Bengaluru-based airline e-commerce technology company Travenues
Mumbai: Budget carrier SpiceJet NSE 0.31 % on Tuesday said it has acqui-hired the team and technology of the Bengaluru-based airline e-commerce technology company Travenues, a wholly-owned subsidiary of online travel platform ixigo. The move would help SpiceJet in strengthening its e-commerce platforms, a release said. In acqui-hiring, a relatively a new concept in the […]
Air India says some employees died of COVID-19, their kin to be compensated
NEW DELHI: Some employees of Air India have succumbed to COVID-19 , an official circular of the airline has said, as it announced a fixed compensation amount for the next of kin. However, Air India spokesperson did not respond to PTI queries on how many employees have been infected and have died due to coronavirus. […]
Boeing 747 and Airbus A380: End of jumbos of the skies?
Slow descent The Boeing 747’s slow descent into retirement from commercial service just got steeper with British Airways’ announcement Friday it would be pulling the jumbo jet from the skies as the coronavirus pandemic forces it to cut back operations and cut costs. BA’s announcement follows moves by a number of other airlines that have […]
IndiGo’s decision to lay off 10% workforce is ‘beginning’ of ‘painful’ process: CAPA India
MUMBAI: Budget carrier IndiGo NSE 0.40 %’s decision to retrench 10 per cent of its total workforce owing to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic is the “beginning” of a “painful” process and in the prevailing conditions, the possibility of one or more airlines going out of business cannot be ruled out, according to CAPA […]
Hyderabad Airport launches “Multi ULD Cool Dolly” for unbroken cold chain
HYDERABAD: GMR Hyderabad International Airport (GHIAL) on Tuesday announced ramping up its cargo capabilities by inducting a unique Multi Unit Load Device (ULD) Cool Dolly to maintain unbroken cold chain for time and temperature sensitive (TSS) shipments that include pharmaceuticals and perishables. In a statement, GMR said the multi ULD Cool Dolly was virtually launched […]
IndiGo to lay off 10% of its workforce
Mumbai: IndiGo NSE 0.26 %, India’s biggest carrier by market share, will lay off 10% of its workforce, its chief executive said in a note, as airline operators globally take a beating due to the Covid-19 pandemic and resultant shutdowns. IndiGo currently has about 28,000 employees, of which 40% are pilots and cabin crew. A […]
Halt ‘abominable’ compulsory leave without pay scheme of AI: Employee unions to Puri
New Delhi: The government should halt Air India’s “abominable” compulsory leave without pay scheme as it is not voluntary and “illegal”, six employee unions of the airline wrote to Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Monday. Air India issued an internal order on July 14 asking its departmental heads and regional directors to identify […]