IndiGo to implement wider pay cuts, send some staff on leave without pay

India’s largest airline IndiGo will be implementing wider pay cuts and send some staff on ‘leave without pay’ from May to July, CEO Ronojoy Dutta told employees in an email on Friday. In March, the airline had announced pay cuts for most of its staff for April, but later reversed the decision. “While we have paid our employees salaries in full for the months of March and April… we are left with no option but to implement the originally announced pay cuts for the months of May, June and July,” Dutta told employees.

IndiGo had initially planned to cut salaries between 10% and 25% for April. While senior-vice presidents and above would have 20% of their pay slashed, vice-presidents and cockpit crew would take a 15% cut. Salaries of assistant vice-presidents and cabin crew would be cut by 10%. This structure would be followed for May-July, a person aware of the matter said.