Following a deadly attack in Kashmir and heightened tensions with India, Pakistan has closed its airspace, forcing Air India and IndiGo to reroute international flights. This will lead to increased fuel costs, longer flight times (particularly for Air India flights from New Delhi to the Middle East, adding approximately one hour), and potential cargo reductions. IndiGo has already cancelled flights to Almaty and Tashkent until early May and anticipates adjustments to roughly 50 international routes. The airspace closure, currently in effect until May 23, primarily impacts flights departing from New Delhi, a major international hub. Airlines are scrambling to adjust pilot schedules and crew rosters. In 2019, a similar airspace closure cost Indian airlines over $64 million. IndiGo flight 6E1803 from New Delhi to Baku already took almost 40 minutes longer due to rerouting. The impact of the ban is further complicated by existing delivery delays from Boeing and Airbus, affecting Indian airlines’ expansion plans.
Tag: INDIGO
SpiceJet and Indigo Increased Salary Of Employees, Know Details Here
SpiceJet hikes salary by 10 to 15 percent
Private sector airline company SpiceJet has announced a 10 percent hike in the salary of its Captain category officers. At the same time, the company has also increased the salary of its flight officers by 15 percent. According to a report released in this regard, SpiceJet has announced a 20 percent increase in the salary of trainers. The report said that SpiceJet had sharply cut the salaries of employees during the last two years due to the COVID-19 epidemic. Not only this, when the outbreak of Corona increased, the company even laid off the pilots.
IndiGo airline has increased salary by eight percent
Along-with SpiceJet, IndiGo airline has also increased the salary given to its employees by giving them a gift. The company has increased the salary of its pilots by eight percent. This increment from Indigo has become effective from April 1, 2022. Asim Mitra, Senior Vice President (Flight Operations), IndiGo, said, “With flight services now resuming as normal, I am pleased to announce an eight percent hike in the salaries of all our pilots. Let us inform that after the outbreak of COVID-19 epidemic, international services have resumed from March 28, 2022.