Air India on Thursday temporarily suspended the contracts of around 200 pilots, who were re-employed after retirement for all the domestic and international commercial passenger flights have been suspended in the country till April 14 to limit the COVID-19 pandemic, an official said.?
¡°Since almost all the planes have been grounded and the carrier¡¯s revenues have taken a significant fall during the last few weeks, the airline has decided to temporarily suspend the contract of around 200 pilots who were re-employed after their retirement.¡± said the official?
The national carrier has already cut the allowances of all employees, except cabin crew, by 10 per cent for the next three months in order to save money amid the coronavirus pandemic, According to Economic times.
Previously Air India brought back 263 students from Rome in their Boeing 777 ER aircraft which landed at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi. Besides this, they sent a flight to Milan last week to evacuate 230 stranded Indian nationals, to make sure they get back home safely.