Covid blow 2.0 : SpiceJet defers salaries of staff
NEW DELHI: With the second wave of the pandemic raging across the country and citizens choosing to stay indoors, revenuestrapped private carrier Spice- Jet has decided to defer up to 50 per cent of the April salary of its employees. The deferred salaries, it said, will be paid when the situation improves.
“The domestic passenger traffic across all airlines which had peaked at more than 300,000 passengers per day in mid-February 2021 (showing signs of recovery), has now drastically dropped to less than 130,000 passengers per day. In this backdrop, the company has once again been compelled to implement certain tough economic measures to secure the long term interest of our Spice- Jet family,” the airline’s vice-president (Operations), Gurcharan Arora informed pilots on Saturday.
