IndiGo announces salary hike for pilots, cabin crew after record Q1 profit

In response to an outstanding performance in the first quarter of 2023–24 (Q1FY24), when they generated a record net profit of Rs 3,090 crore, IndiGo, the country’s largest domestic airline, will be raising the pay of its pilots and cabin workers.

Nearly 4,500 flight attendants will have their performance reviewed by the airline, and new wages will take effect on October 1.

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“We reviewed and restored pay and allowances to pre-Covid levels while we regained and began to strengthen our financial strength throughout the course of this past year. We will be improving the pay for our flight crew in the upcoming months in collaboration with our HR team. Ashim Mitra, senior vice president of flight operations for the airline, announced in a memo that the updated pay structure would go into effect on October 1.

The airline had promised its crew bonuses worth 3% of their salaries following the last quarter’s earnings, which it achieved in the January-March quarter.

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The airline had 316 aircraft in service as of June, a mix of Airbus and ATR-72 models. Turkish Airlines is wet-leasing two Boeing 777 aeroplanes to the carrier. Additionally, IndiGo is adopting a policy that will allow ATR-72 pilots to switch over to the Airbus fleet. The largest ATR-72 operator in India, IndiGo, runs 39 of the aircraft.

With captains exiting the airline to work for other companies after completing their three-year service commitments, IndiGo is experiencing a pilot shortage on its ATR aircraft.

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