Air India Ltd will soon announce salary increases across verticals, beginning with pilots, as competition for cabin crew and pilots heats up in the industry.
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American Airlines has proposed a 20% salary increase over two years to its pilots after more than three years of negotiations.
Air India will bring salaries back to their pre-Covid levels from September 1. The crew layover allowances and meal plans have also been revised, in addition to this.
The largest airline in India, IndiGo, has raised pilot pay by an additional 8% as it observes a pickup in traffic. Additionally, it has restored pilot overtime pay
The airline, which had made a partial reinstatement of salary for pilots, is yet to restore pre-covid salaries. India’s biggest airline IndiGo on Friday reinstated the flying allowance of its pilots to pre-pandemic levels as its flight operations are recovering.