India’s fourth-largest airline, GoAir, will send a section of its employees on unpaid leave on a rotational basis amid massive disruptions in the aviation sector arising from the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19). The airline has also halted all its international operations till April 15. “The sharp decline in air travel that we are currently experiencing is unprecedented,” the airline said.
GoAir has started a “rotational leave without pay programme” to cut costs. “GoAir is forced to take certain measures — we are temporarily suspending all our international operations, starting March 17, 2020, until April15, 2020. GoAir has also initiated a short-term and temporary rotational leave without pay programme that will not only help the company counter the short-term reduction in capacity, but will also ensure that a cross section of our employees stay away from the workplace to ensure business continuity,” the airline said.
