After crew, IndiGo technicians are calling in sick: What's going on?
2 years, 5 months ago

After crew, IndiGo technicians are calling in sick: What's going on?

Firstpost  

Some IndiGo aircraft technicians in Hyderabad called in sick for Friday night’s shift and did not come for the morning shift on Saturday as well. Engineers from other bases also skipped work on Sunday demanding a revision in salary Earlier this month hundreds of the cabin crew members of the IndiGo airlines called in sick to attend Air India’s recruitment drive in metros such as Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, and Bengaluru, now several aircraft technicians at IndiGo are on sick leave since Friday. IndiGo pilots saw a 28 per cent salary cut and their flying allowances have been halved, The Hindu reported in April. According to the Ministry of Civil Aviation’s website, 45.2 per cent of IndiGo’s domestic flights operated on time on Saturday.

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Air Traffic hits record high level, IndiGo leads the pack with 63.6 per cent share
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1 day, 15 hours ago

Air Traffic hits record high level, IndiGo leads the pack with 63.6 per cent share

New Indian Express  

Indian airlines carried a record 1.42 crore passengers on domestic routes in November 2024, marking the highest-ever monthly traffic. According to data from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, domestic passenger traffic surged 12 per cent year-on-year in November to 1.42 crore, an increase from 1.36 crore in October 2024. India’s largest airline, IndiGo, achieved its highest-ever monthly market share …

IndiGo's 100% stock rally: What comes next?
1 week, 6 days ago

IndiGo's 100% stock rally: What comes next?

Live Mint  

Imagine this: it’s 2015, and India’s largest airline by domestic market share—IndiGo, holding nearly 35%—is preparing for its initial public offering. Improved connectivity and expanding infrastructure will not only bring more passengers into the fold but also reinforce IndiGo’s position as a market leader in India’s soaring aviation sector. Scaling with market growth: India’s aviation sector is poised for exponential …

IndiGo: Navigating turbulence as market leader
3 weeks ago

IndiGo: Navigating turbulence as market leader

Live Mint  

On 17 November, India’s domestic air traffic surpassed half a million passengers in a single day for the first time, marking a milestone for the country's aviation industry. In October, the last full month with available data, India’s top airline, IndiGo, expanded its already outsized market share for the fourth straight month, to nearly match its all-time high of 63.4% …

IndiGo and Air India are taking the battle to each other like never before
1 month, 1 week ago

IndiGo and Air India are taking the battle to each other like never before

Live Mint  

As 6E-6814 took off for Mumbai on Thursday from Delhi, IndiGo made history as it started offering dual-class seating. The flight is historic for both IndiGo and Indian aviation and comes in the same week of another historic event taking place — the merger of Vistara with Air India. Air India taking the battle to IndiGo As Vistara merged into …

Domestic Air Traffic Rises 2 Per Cent In April YoY, IndiGo Maintains Hold On 60 Per Cent Of Market Share
7 months ago

Domestic Air Traffic Rises 2 Per Cent In April YoY, IndiGo Maintains Hold On 60 Per Cent Of Market Share

ABP News  

India’s aviation industry clocked a growth in domestic air traffic in April 2024, official data from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation revealed. The data showed that the domestic airlines flew 132 lakh passengers in April 2024, against 128.88 lakh passengers flown during the same month a year earlier, marking a growth of 2.42 per cent on a year-on-year basis. …

IndiGo announces special bonus for staff
7 months, 3 weeks ago

IndiGo announces special bonus for staff

Live Mint  

In a sign of positive sentiment for the Indian aviation industry, India's largest airline IndiGo has announced a one-time special bonus for its employees. The company said that it will process a one-time special bonus amounting to around 1.5 months of basic salary, as per a communication sent to IndiGo staff. "We started our path to recovery in the second …

Air India terminates pilot for flying under alcohol influence, says report
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Air India terminates pilot for flying under alcohol influence, says report

Live Mint  

Air India has terminated the services of one of its pilots who operated a flight from overseas to India under the influence of alcohol, according to a report by Times of India. Meanwhile, an IndiGo aircraft grazed the wings of an Air India Express plane at the Kolkata airport, leaving the wings of both aircraft damaged, officials said, as reported …

IndiGo’s Q3 profit surges 53% as India air travel demand grows
10 months, 2 weeks ago

IndiGo’s Q3 profit surges 53% as India air travel demand grows

Hindustan Times  

IndiGo, India’s biggest airline, reported a profit for a fifth straight quarter as the budget carrier captured a higher share of passenger traffic during the period. Net income rose 53% to 29.98 billion rupees in the three months through Dec. 31, IndiGo said in a stock exchange filing Friday. Its already large share, currently at 62%, has been growing considering …

Why IndiGo's on-time reputation has taken a knock this winter
11 months, 1 week ago

Why IndiGo's on-time reputation has taken a knock this winter

Hindustan Times  

IndiGo had a rough day on Sunday. IndiGo passenger assaults pilot amid chaos due to flight delays Delhi has been faced with an exceptionally thick fog this winter and one which is lasting for longer hours than in the past but fog is not a new phenomenon and airlines in operations today barring Akasa Air have faced fog for years …

’Sweet IndiGo ladies’: Priyanka Gandhi pens appreciation post on pleasant flight
1 year, 5 months ago

’Sweet IndiGo ladies’: Priyanka Gandhi pens appreciation post on pleasant flight

Live Mint  

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has penned an appreciation post for IndiGo airline and its cabin crew, calling them “most efficient and pleasant”. A recent data from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation also showed that IndiGo’s market share hit a record high of 63.2 percent in June. According to official data, India's domestic air passenger traffic grew 18.78 per …

IndiGo hits record market share in domestic aviation
1 year, 6 months ago

IndiGo hits record market share in domestic aviation

Live Mint  

IndiGo, India’s largest airline, achieved a record market share of 61.4% in the domestic civil aviation industry in May, according to data from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation. Air India group airlines also registered more than 90% load factors with Air India at 90.1% compared to 87.9% a month ago, Vistara at 93.2%, and Air Asia India at 92.8% …

Go Air pilots offered extra 100,000 Rupees a month to stay: Report
1 year, 6 months ago

Go Air pilots offered extra 100,000 Rupees a month to stay: Report

Hindustan Times  

Go Airlines India Ltd. plans to raise salaries of captains by 100,000 rupees a month and by 50,000 rupees for first officers as it tries to salvage its operations after filing for insolvency on May 2. Go’s captains currently earn about 530,000 rupees a month on average, according to data on AmbitionBox, compared with 750,000 rupees at SpiceJet Ltd., which …

Air India hooked 200 Go First pilots before insolvency filing
1 year, 7 months ago

Air India hooked 200 Go First pilots before insolvency filing

Live Mint  

Air India’s ‘November Oscar Whiskey’ ad led to a rush in job applications by Go First pilots with more than 200 pilots of the bankrupt budget airline receiving employment offers. Most pilots are already serious about leaving the company as soon as they get good offers as April salaries still haven’t come and they have monthly dues and family expenses …

Don't accept new pay structure: Air India pilot bodies to members
1 year, 8 months ago

Don't accept new pay structure: Air India pilot bodies to members

Hindustan Times  

Pilot bodies at Tata Group-owned Air India have asked their members not to sign revised terms and conditions and warned the management of industrial unrest if it resorts to victimisation or coercive step, as per a communication on Wednesday. Read here: Air India announces new salary structure for pilots, cabin crew: Official According to union sources, Air India has unilaterally …

Cabin crew shortage hits Air India flight operations
1 year, 9 months ago

Cabin crew shortage hits Air India flight operations

Hindustan Times  

At least two ultra-long-haul Air India flights were delayed on Sunday allegedly due to the shortage of cabin crew and airline pilots, officials aware of the matter told HT. Speaking to airline officials, it was learnt that the crew was unable to manage constant pullouts and changes in the roster “Air India flights to Chicago and Toronto operating on Sunday …

India air passenger traffic up 47% in 2022
1 year, 11 months ago

India air passenger traffic up 47% in 2022

Live Mint  

India air passenger traffic has risen by 47% on year to 123.2 million passengers in 2022, indicating a strong recovery from the dampened travel sentiment seen in 2021 and 2020 due to covid pandemic, data from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation showed. The annual air passenger traffic in 2022 was still 14.5% lower than the air traffic seen in …

Why the challenge to IndiGo hasn't taken off
2 years, 3 months ago

Why the challenge to IndiGo hasn't taken off

Live Mint  

NEW DELHI : In July this year, as passengers flocked to airports and the domestic aviation business picked up steam, the country’s largest airline appeared to sputter. IndiGo reported an On Time Performance of 80.8% that month from the four large metro airports, lagging every other scheduled domestic airline except Alliance Air, according to data from aviation regulator Directorate General …

IndiGo’s Delhi-Kolkata flight gets smoke warning, pilots call ‘Mayday’
2 years, 4 months ago

IndiGo’s Delhi-Kolkata flight gets smoke warning, pilots call ‘Mayday’

Live Mint  

The pilots of an IndiGo flight from Delhi to Kolkata requested a priority landing from Kolkata ATC after finding smoke in the cargo hold compartment. According to aviation sources, smoke was detected in the cargo hold of the IndiGo flight bound for Kolkata, prompting the pilots to declare "Mayday" today. There have been no complaints of any passenger injuries, despite …

Go First cabin crew, technicians go on leave against salary cuts
2 years, 5 months ago

Go First cabin crew, technicians go on leave against salary cuts

The Hindu  

The unrest over salaries in the aviation industry has spread to Go First, where nearly 70 cabin crew across the airline’s network went on mass sick leave on Monday to protest salary cuts, and technicians entered their second day of protest leave. Go First’s technicians, who maintain aircraft to ensure they are airworthy, went on mass sick leave at Delhi, …

Why hundreds of IndiGo crew called in sick
2 years, 5 months ago

Why hundreds of IndiGo crew called in sick

Firstpost  

More than 50 per cent of IndiGo’s domestic flights were delayed because a significant number of its cabin crew took sick leave on Saturday. “The phase-2 of Air India’s recruitment drive was conducted on Saturday and a majority of IndiGo’s cabin crew members who took sick leave went for it,” an aviation industry official told news agency Press Trust of …

55% IndiGo flights delayed after mass sick leave by crew on Air India recruitment day
2 years, 5 months ago

55% IndiGo flights delayed after mass sick leave by crew on Air India recruitment day

India Today  

More than 900 IndiGo flights were delayed on Saturday as a significant number of cabin crew members took sick leave. The delays happened after a large number of IndiGo crew members played truant to appear for job interviews being conducted by Air India for similar roles across different centres, sources claimed to Business Today. 900 INDIGo FLIGHTS DELAYED More than …

IndiGo flight delays: DGCA seeks explanation from airline
2 years, 5 months ago

IndiGo flight delays: DGCA seeks explanation from airline

Hindustan Times  

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation on Sunday sought a report from IndiGo after many of its flights were delayed on Saturday, due to crew unavailability. According to the aviation ministry’s website, 45.5% of the airline’s flights took off on time on Saturday and flight operations remained affected on Sunday too. According to airline officials, the flights were delayed as …

Several IndiGo flights delayed after non-availability of crew
2 years, 5 months ago

Several IndiGo flights delayed after non-availability of crew

Live Mint  

Several IndiGo flights across the country were delayed on Saturday due to the non-availability of crew members. According to the Ministry of Civil Aviation's website, 45.2% of IndiGo's domestic flights operated on time on Saturday. News agency PTI reported, quoting sources, that a significant number of IndiGo crew members had taken sick leaves to go to an Air India recruitment …

Several IndiGo flights delayed after non-availability of crew members, DGCA seeks clarification
2 years, 5 months ago

Several IndiGo flights delayed after non-availability of crew members, DGCA seeks clarification

India TV News  

Highlights Several IndiGo flights were delayed across the country on Sunday. At least fifty-five per cent of IndiGo's domestic flights were delayed. IndiGo flights delayed : Several IndiGo flights were delayed across the country on Sunday, due to the non-availability of crew members. The phase-2 of Air India's recruitment drive was conducted on Saturday and a majority of IndiGo's cabin …

7 IndiGo pilots in trouble after abusive language on emergency radio channel
2 years, 7 months ago

7 IndiGo pilots in trouble after abusive language on emergency radio channel

Hindustan Times  

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation has launched a probe after at least seven IndiGo pilots were allegedly found using offensive language over salary issues on a frequency used for emergency communications, reported news agency PTI. The pilots, on April 9, were allegedly found venting their ire over low salaries by using offensive language on 121.5 MHz frequency, which is …

IndiGo suspends 'handful of pilots' planning protest against COVID-related pay cuts
2 years, 8 months ago

IndiGo suspends 'handful of pilots' planning protest against COVID-related pay cuts

India TV News  

Highlights The pilots indulged in activities in violation of the code of conduct of the company, IndiGo said Recently IndiGo announced 8 per cent pay hike for its pilots effective from this month The airline said that it will raise pilots' pay by another 6.5 per cent by November Airline major IndiGo on Monday suspended some of its pilots on …

IndiGo suspends ‘handful’ of pilots over call for mass sick leave
2 years, 8 months ago

IndiGo suspends ‘handful’ of pilots over call for mass sick leave

The Hindu  

The country’s biggest airline, IndiGo, has suspended some pilots after simmering anger among them over continued pay cuts imposed at the beginning of the pandemic led to calls for mass sick leave on Tuesday. The airlines’ pilots have been “frustrated” at steep pay cuts that continue to be in place at the airline despite revival in demand for air travel …

IndiGo increases pilots' salaries by 8 per cent
2 years, 8 months ago

IndiGo increases pilots' salaries by 8 per cent

Hindustan Times  

IndiGo on Thursday announced that pilots' salaries have been increased by eight per cent in view of the continuous steady flight operations. Full regular international flight services resumed in India after the Covid-19 outbreak on March 27. "Now, as we have established continuous steady operations, on behalf of our managing director, the board of directors and the senior leadership team, …

1.05 crore domestic air passengers in Nov., 17% higher than Oct.: DGCA
3 years ago

1.05 crore domestic air passengers in Nov., 17% higher than Oct.: DGCA

The Hindu  

Around 1.05 crore domestic passengers travelled by air in November, 17.03% higher than the 89.85 lakh who travelled in October, the country's aviation regulator said on Friday. While IndiGo carried 57.06 lakh passengers in November, a 54.3 % share of the domestic market, SpiceJet flew 10.78 lakh passengers, accounting for a 10.3%share of the market, according to the data shared …

Air India pilots want reversal of pay cuts imposed during Covid-19
3 years, 2 months ago

Air India pilots want reversal of pay cuts imposed during Covid-19

India Today  

Air India pilots union, the Indian Commercial Pilots Association has shot off a stern letter to its top management seeking reinstatement of pre-pandemic allowances that were discontinued as part of cost-cutting measures adopted in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. The letter, addressed to Capt RS Sandhu, Director at Air India reads, "We are glad that the management has acknowledged …

Employees of IndiGo subsidiary go on strike in Goa; flights slightly delayed
3 years, 8 months ago

Employees of IndiGo subsidiary go on strike in Goa; flights slightly delayed

India TV News  

A section of employees of IndiGo subsidiary Agile went on a strike on Tuesday in Goa demanding an immediate pay increment, causing the airline's flights to be slightly delayed. In response to this, the airline issued a statement saying, "Employees of Agile, a 100 per cent subsidiary company of IndiGo, have always received their salaries on time." The airline has …

Air India's Recent Tweets on LWP Policy are Completely Duplicitous and Misleading: Pilots' Unions
4 years, 4 months ago

Air India's Recent Tweets on LWP Policy are Completely Duplicitous and Misleading: Pilots' Unions

News 18  

Indian Commercial Pilots Association and Indian Pilots Guild have accused Air India of spreading "deliberate misinformation on social media" and questioned the "duplicitous" tweets by Air India calling them "misleading". "Air India has recently posted some duplicitous tweets that are misleading the general public," the pilots' associations said. To this, the pilots responded in a letter to Air India Executive …

Indigo's 10% job cuts heralds a bumpy ride
4 years, 5 months ago

Indigo's 10% job cuts heralds a bumpy ride

India Today  

The worst fears are coming true for staff in India’s airline industry. CAPA has further warned that ‘it will be impossible to survive this crisis without a strong balance sheet.’ In that sense, the fact that IndiGo, which had a 47.5 per cent share of the domestic passenger market in December 2019, should raise the red flag by announcing the …

IndiGo to lay off 10% of its workforce, CEO Ronojoy Dutta announces
4 years, 5 months ago

IndiGo to lay off 10% of its workforce, CEO Ronojoy Dutta announces

India TV News  

IndiGo will lay off 10% of its workforce, CEO Ronojoy Dutta announced today. "From where things stand currently, it is impossible for our company to fly through this economic storm without making some sacrifices, in order to sustain our business operations," Dutta said in a statement. India resumed domestic passenger flights from May 25 after a gap of two months …

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