IndiGo scraps leave without pay for staff, says 70% pre-Covid level reached
In an apparent sign of recovery of the aviation sector from the Covid-19 pandemic, India’s largest airline IndiGo has eliminated Leave Without Pay (LWP) for all employees which was introduced since April to control costs.
The airline took this decision on a day when the government has allowed airlines to utilise 80 per cent of their pre-Covid capacity as the number of passengers taking the flight continues to climb.
“At this point of time, it looks like we are on a path to a graduated and measured recovery. In anticipation of the improved revenue that I know we can deliver, we are removing the Leave without Pay across all departments from 1 January 2021,” CEO Ronojoy Dutta wrote to employees.
