IndiGo wishes Happy New Year to employees by removing leave without pay from Jan 1

NEW DELHI: IndiGo is removing leave without pay (LWP) from all departments in the New Year. With domestic air travel gradually recovering — while international flights are happening under air bubbles and Vande Bharat Mission — the airline has taken this decision in anticipation of improved revenues.
IndiGo’s compulsory LWP, which started from June, currently ranges up to 10 days a month for different section of employees and is part of an across the board pay cut. The airline, which in pre-Covid times had about 24,000 employees, had laid off 10% of its employees (except any pilot) during the pandemic to cut costs.
On Thursday the government allowed airlines to operate 80% of their pre-Covid level of domestic flights. IndiGo CEO Ronojoy Dutta told employees in a mail the same day that he hopes the airlines will be allowed to 100% of their pre-Covid level early next year.