The airlines industry has been grappling with strong headwinds due to the coronavirus pandemic, with many of the carriers laying off people as part of cost-cutting measures

CM Thackeray said that the government will focus on farmers and working class as it tries to transform Maharashtra into a welfare state

Dube has ceased to be in the employment of GoAir with immediate effect and hence ceases to be the CEO, the budget airline said in a statement

While SpiceJet implemented a 10-30 per cent pay cut for last month, GoAir deferred a part of March salaries for its staff in addition to salary cuts implemented earlier

Airlines are evaluating their expat pilots strategy to pare costs and rationalising route planning

GoAir CEO Vinay Dube had announced last week that only the top leadership of GoAir would be taking a pay cut of up to 50 per cent

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As revenues have fallen drastically amid the coronavirus pandemic, the airline has already laid off its expat pilots and announced leave without pay for its employees

Due to this incident, the timings for takeoff from Ahmedabad and landing at Bengaluru were revised. The flight will take off at 1:30 pm at land at 3:00 pm.

As GoAir CEO, Vinay Dube would be responsible for the management of the airline and also for meeting the goals and long-term growth objectives of the company

GoAir reportedly wanted to hire him for the position of the CEO, which is lying vacant since March this year

Days after India-born industrialist brothers, Srichand and GP Hinduja, reclaimed the title of Britain's wealthiest with fortunes of 22 billion pounds to their name, Etihad and Jet Airways' lenders approached the Group to invest in the debt-ridden airline. The Group has engaged investment bankers led by SBI Capital Markets for due diligence.

Shares of low-cost airline carriers SpiceJet and Interglobe Aviation rose Wednesday on sinking share price of Jet Airways, a day after the debt-laden airline's chief executive and two other senior executives stepped down, raising serious doubts over its revival.