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Fight for cabin crew, firm ATF prices to aggravate airlines' pain: Analysts

The Indian aviation sector is seeing headwinds like the Information Technology (IT) sector, where higher attrition rates have forced the management to dole out benefits like double-digit pay hikes

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Nikita Vashisht New Delhi
IndiGo's latest flight delay fiasco suggests the Indian aviation sector could be on the cusp of "the most competitive and hostile environment", fear analysts. With three new players - Air India under its new management, Rakesh Jhunjhunwala's Akasa and Jet Airways that is trying to find wings again – vying for pilots and cabin crew staff, incumbent players are set to witness ballooning employee costs along with elevated margin pressure, they said.

"The pain will be felt by IndiGo, SpiceJet, and Go Air. The by-product of increased cost and margin pressure is a given. The situation is inevitable," said Deven

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