Covid-19 lockdown: GoAir pays 40% of staff

Budget carrier GoAir has paid salaries to 40 per cent (around 2500) of its employees, and the rest will be paid on a graded and deferred basis, promoters Nusli Wadia and Jeh Wadia said in a joint letter to employees.

Wadia Group-promoted GoAir also said the airline has been forced to send a substantial portion of employees on temporary leave without pay. A senior industry executive added that no one has been asked to go by the airline.

“Despite the lack of government support, GoAir released full salaries to about 2,500 employees, equivalent to 40 per cent of our workforce, with the remaining employees getting paid on a graded and deferred basis,” the Wadias said in the letter.