Alliance Air to hold Board meeting on Sept 16 to restore pilots' salaries

During the peak of the Covid pandemic, Indian carriers had cut the salaries of their employees to reduce losses. This year, while most of them have restored the salaries, a few are yet to do so

Disinvestment-bound regional carrier Alliance Air will hold a Board meeting on September 16 to restore pilots' salaries to pre-pandemic levels, CEO Vineet Sood said on Friday.

Sood issued the email yesterday evening after a significant number of pilots went on strike during the day on the issue of salaries' restoration, forcing the airline to cancel many flights.

"Your concerns are well noted, and I empathise with you. It has been a very difficult and turbulent past 2.5 years for all of us and the aviation fraternity at large, which has not only affected us financially but has also drained us