Washington, April 18: America`s Delta Airlines, the world`s largest airline, has announced to close down its Indian call centers.
Airlines officials said the decision is driven by poor customer feedback. This could come as a major setback to India`s flourishing call centers which provide employment to
thousands of youths across the country.
Delta`s call in India was handled by a call center of Wipro Ltd.
Media reports said Richard Anderson, the airline`s chief executive, told employees in a recorded message on Thursday night that Delta had stopped forwarding calls to India in the first quarter and would be bringing the function back in-house in the US.
"The customer acceptance of call centers in foreign countries is low and our customers were not shy about letting us have that feedback," Anderson said.
A Delta spokesman, was quoted as saying by The Boston Globe that the airlines has hired about 4,500 call-center workers in the US after it ended its current outsourcing operations in India. However, Delta`s call centers in Jamaica and South Africa would continue, the spokesman said.
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