GoAir, India’s low fare carrier, turns the first airline in the country to ask its employees to go on rotational leave without pay amid massive disruptions caused in the aviation industry due to coronavirus. “The sharp decline in air travel that we are currently experiencing is unprecedented,” the airline said.
GoAir has started a “rotational leave without pay programme” to cut costs. “GoAir has also initiated a short-term and temporary rotational leave without pay programme that will not only help the company counter the short-term reduction in capacity, but will also ensure that a cross section of our employees stay away from the workplace to ensure business continuity,” the airline said, as per a media report.
GoAir also announced suspension of its international operations between March 17 and April 15, it said. The airline operates to Dammam, Kuwait, Muscat, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Bangkok, Phuket and Male.
The Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation(CAPA) has recently said that the Covid-19 pandemic will push most airlines across the globe to bankruptcy by the end of May. “Cash reserves are running down quickly as fleets are grounded and what flights there are operate much less than half full. Coordinated government and industry action is needed – now – if catastrophe is to be avoided,” it added.
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