When the pandemic started spreading across the country, all scheduled international flights and domestic passenger flights were suspended from March 23 and March 25, respectively. Scheduled domestic flights were restarted in a limited manner from May 25

The three-days leave without pay (LWP) measure for pilots is in addition to a cut in monthly base flying allowance

IndiGo's market share has grown even as all other major carriers have reported loss in market share

Qantas' head of domestic operations Andrew David said outsourcing ground handling jobs at the country's biggest airports would save an estimated A$100 million each year in operating costs

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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

Experts say this is just a beginning of a painful road ahead for the sector as the demand for air travel continues to remain muted due to a variety of reasons. Since the opening up of the domestic aviation sector in late May, the capacities of airlines remain quite low - 30-35 per cent

Air India has reduced the monthly allowances of its employees, who have a monthly gross salary of more than Rs 25,000 by up to 50%. The employees (both permanent and fixed-term contract) with gross salary up to Rs 25,000 have been spared of the pay cut

The minister's remarks came after TMC MP Derek O'Brien slammed Air India, saying its leave-without-pay scheme violates labour laws and is an \"obvious ploy\" to protect the top management and sacrifice other workers

Coronavirus impact: he airline issued a letter to the trainee cabin crew members and said that it would not be possible for Air India to impart any further training  amid the \"current aviation scenario\"

IndiGo wrote a mail to its pilots informing them of 5.5 days of leave without pay. With this, IndiGo extended the leave without pay (LWP) policy to 10 days, effective from July 1

Airlines have taken to the skies after two months. But their pain is far from over

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Car sales register steep decline in May, tractors lead road to recoveryPassenger vehicle sales in India saw a steep 84 per cent drop in sales in May over last year as staggered resumption of operations both at the factories and showrooms hampered business activity for all companies. It however came on the back of zero sales in April when the country was in a state of total lockdown. The situation, however, is only likely to get better as lockdown norms are further eased and domest...

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Staring at record losses, the travel and tourism sector is preparing a plan to take on coronavirus

GoAir said it will take maximum health and safety measures when it restarts operations, including social distancing measures, longer check-in time for passengers, longer turnaround time in between flights

Commercial flight services have been suspended till May 3 as the government has extended the nation lockdown in continuing efforts to curb spreading of coronavirus infection, which has already affected more than 11,000 people in the country

In India, the situation with domestic carriers is pretty grim with just three months of losses being pegged at $3.6 billion; but did airlines actually have a chance to be better-prepared

A humanitarian crisis calls for humane HR policies to tide over what looks like the \"new normal\" post-lockdown