SpiceJet has deferred upto 50 per cent of the April salary of its employees as a cash crunch and a second wave of Covid-19 pandemic impact its operations.
While junior employees, including loaders and drivers, have received their salary in full, others including ground staff, cabin crew, commercial staff and pilots have been paid only 10-50 per cent of the April salary. The airline’s Chairman Ajay Singh has forgone his entire salary. Employees have been informed that the deferred salaries will be paid once 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.
