New Delhi The Tata Group, the new owners of Air India Limited, has started the process of reinstating the salaries of employees who had to undergo huge pay cuts during the COVID pandemic.
In an internal announcement on Friday, Air India He said the pay cut has been reviewed and the resumption has started in a phased manner from April 1.
A copy of the communication has been reviewed Mint,
on February 21, Mint reported that Bye has started the process of reinstating the salaries of Air India pilots and aircrew, with a view to a comprehensive restructuring of salaries and allowances to align them with the three other group-owned airlines.
according to Air India A part of flying allowance, special pay and wide-body allowance for pilots has been restored, while a part of cabin crew allowance has been partially reinstated.
The airline has also partially reinstated allowances and gross emoluments for officers, staff operators, local employees at overseas locations and India-based executives.
Apart from this, on Friday, the group reshuffled the top management of Air India. Airline and Tata Sons chairman N. According to an internal note sent by Chandrasekaran, a copy of which has been reviewed by Mint, Nipun Agarwal has been appointed as Chief Commercial Officer, Suresh Dutt Tripathi as Chief Human Resource Officer, Satya. Ramaswamy is Chief Digital and Technology Officer and Rajesh Dogra is Head of Customer Experience and Ground Handling.
RS Sandhu, Director (Operations) at the airline has been re-appointed as the Head of Operations, and Vinod Hejmadi, former Director (Finance) has been appointed as the Chief Financial Officer at the airline.
Amrita Sharan has been appointed as advisor to the airline’s chief executive officer (CEO) for human resources and Meenakshi Malik has been appointed advisor to the CEO for commercial, technology and other sectors.
However, since Air India is yet to appoint a chief executive to head the airline, Sharan and Malik will be advisors to the chairman until a CEO is appointed. Air India was handed back to its founder Tata Group in January 2022, nearly seven decades after the airline’s nationalisation.