Tag: Airline
‘Cannot override Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act’: SC to Jet Airways
No settlement or contract entered into by employee unions with their employers can override the Model Standing Order, unless doing so turns out to...
Go First goes insolvent, 5,000+ employees unsure of future
Many pilots of Go First have reportedly started looking out for jobs elsewhere, what with the low-cost airline filing for voluntary insolvency and cancelling...
SpiceJet to hike pilots’ salaries
SpiceJet will pay its captains Rs 7 lakh for 80 hours of flying per month. This is the hike that the Airline has announced...
IndiGo pilots’ salaries will be restored to pre-COVID levels in 3...
The pilots at IndiGo can now look forward to their salaries — which were cut by up to 40 per cent for some, to...
IndiGo hikes salaries by 8% for the second time in 2022
IndiGo pilots and crew members have received yet another eight per cent hike in their salaries. This is the second hike in four months....
6,600 jobs available at Singapore’s Changi Airport
Singapore’s Changi Airport is on a hiring spree. It is on the lookout for talent to fill front-line passenger-service positions as well as vacancies...
Emirates on recruitment drive across 30 cities
Emirates is looking to add to its cabin crew. In fact, the talent acquisition team of the global airlines will be touring about 30...
IndiGo CEO admits salary raise remains a delicate & difficult issue
While IndiGo’s pilots have been expressing their discontentment at the low-cost carrier’s failure to restore their salaries, Ronojoy Dutta, CEO, IndiGo admits that the...
Medical insurance for retired Air India staff
There is some good news for the retired employees of Air India. They will be covered under the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS), which...
Salaries restored to pre-COVID levels for Spicejet staff
After an eventful year, that saw Spicejet, India’s low-cost carrier, struggling to pay full salaries to its employees, things seem to be returning to...
Staff of Alitalia go on strike, cause flight cancellations
Employees of Alitalia called a strike causing at least a 100 flights to be cancelled in Italy. The Unions came out in support of...
Vuram, GoAir to hire more people this year amidst return of...
IT company, Vuram, is gearing to take on 400 new hires in 2021, in line with the increasing demand for digitisation. Presently, the Company...
IndiGo lays off 10% of staff, over 2000 impacted
The ongoing pandemic has impacted many industries around the world, but aviation is by far the hardest hit.
Understanding the gravity of the situation, the...
“We are now trying to adapt to WFH”: SVP-HR, Vistara
Of all the sectors affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, aviation has been the hardest hit. With travel restrictions, grounded fleets, benched staff, schedule uncertainties,...
Up to 20% pay cut for Vistara staff till December
Vistara, the Indian full-service airline will impose a pay cut of five to 20 per cent from July 1 to December 31, 2020, for...
Lufthansa to slash 22,000 jobs, strikes bailout deal with German govt
Lufthansa announced its intention to lay off about 22,000 full-time employees, as it sees no hope of demand for travel recovering any time soon,...
GoAir suspends trainee pilot over objectionable social-media behaviour
Standing by its zero-tolerance policy, Go Air, the budget airline, had sacked a trainee pilot for posting objectionable comments on Twitter. The airline had...
Virgin Atlantic may lay off over 3,000 employees
No airline has escaped the effect of the pandemic, given that most airports are sealed and flights have been grounded for months now. British...
IndiGo to pay full salaries to majority of employees; revokes announcement...
Low-cost carrier (LCC), IndiGo, has revoked its earlier announcement of pay-cuts during the month of April. It has now decided to pay full salaries...
Vistara CCO defends employee on social media
Setting an example to all leaders, Sanjiv Kapoor, the chief commercial officer of Vistara Airlines, defended his employee against a customer’s complaint.
Recently, a flyer...
SpiceJet to strengthen its workforce with pilots and cabin crew
Ajay Singh, co-founder of SpiceJet is to infuse about Rs 1,000 crore in the airline by mid-May. With Rs 550 crore already pumped in after he took over earlier this year, the funds are expected to be used for expansion purposes.
SMEs should be cautious while using AI for L&D
As small and medium enterprises (SMEs) increasingly embrace artificial intelligence (AI) for learning and development initiatives, it becomes imperative to carefully navigate the landscape...
What’re the HR software for small businesses, SMEs and startups?
Human resources (HR) software have come to be indispensable tools for businesses of all sizes, including small businesses, SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) and...
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Future of talent acquisition in the age of generative AI
If you've been feeling a bit overwhelmed by the buzz surrounding generative AI, you're not alone. Let us face it, our industry is evolving,...
Innovation in insurance recruitment: Tata AIA’s journey towards high volume, top talent acquisition
Tata AIA Life is a joint venture between Tata Sons Pvt. Ltd and AIA Group. The venture merges Tata's leadership in India with AIA's...
US Embassy staff members accused of spying; expelled from Spain
After arresting two officers of CNI, the Spanish intelligence agency, for sharing confidential information with two US spies in exchange for money, now Spain...
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900 to be laid off at Honda’s JV in China
Guangzhou Automobile Group (GAC) Honda Automobiles will let go seven per cent of its 13,000-strong workforce. That means, Honda’s joint venture in China will...
ZestMoney to cease operations; 150 employees to leave
Amid the regulatory uncertainties and unsuccessful attempts to revitalise its business, ZestMoney is set to cease operations. The choice to cease operations follows the...
Gabbar Singh Negi: lessons in leadership from the Silkyara tunnel crisis in Uttarkashi
On November 12, the auspicious day of Diwali, tragedy struck as 41 construction workers found themselves trapped inside the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi due...
Mass resignations at X following Musk’s bonus
X, formerly known as Twitter, is facing internal issues with numerous employees, both senior and junior, resigning from their roles. Despite recent bonus distributions,...
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Data analytics and not technology will redefine HR
Q. How satisfying has been your professional journey of 39 years?
A. It has been a bagful of mixed experiences. At times I have been...
EQ, IQ & empathy define the success of a CEO
Q. You spent 16 years at LIC before moving to a corporate role at ICICI Prudential. Now, 22 years on, I am still curious...
“The big change has been that we have moved from jobs to skills,” Amaresh...
Q. How would you define the culture at GE?
A. Having been present in this region since 1902, GE has been around for 120 years....
