New Delhi: Budget carrier IndiGo has announced that the Airlines will be cutting the salaries of senior employees from May onwards amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The company will also put in place a leave without pay program for the months of May, June and July.
Indigo CEO Ronojoy Dutta in an email to the employees said in addition to pay cuts, the company has to take “painful step” of implementing a “limited, graded leave without pay program” for the months of May, June and July ranging from 1.5 days to 5 days depending on the employee group.
The mail further mentioned that junior level employees will not be impacted by this.
India has been under lockdown since March 25 to curb the coronavirus pandemic. The aviation industry is in a complete lockdown with bookings being cancelled until any further orders. As a result, revenues of the Indian aviation industry have been hit hard.
