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Go Airlines India Ltd. plans to raise salaries of captains by Rs 1,00,000 rupees ($1,211) a month and by Rs 50,000 for first officers as it tries to salvage its operations after filing for insolvency on May 2...
The additional pay, which the airline calls a retention allowance, will come into effect on June 1, according to an email to pilots seen by Bloomberg News..
Gos captains currently earn about Rs 5,30,000 a month on average, according to data on AmbitionBox, compared with Rs 7,50,000 at SpiceJet Ltd., which has increased wages twice in recent months...
If things shape up as per the present progress plan, it wont take long before we will be flying again which will also enable us to be regular on salary payments, the airline said in the email to pilots...
Indias biggest carrier IndiGo aims to hire 5,000 workers in fiscal 2024, while Air India Ltd. plans to add more than 4,200 cabin crew and 900 pilots this year...
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