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IndiGo bucks trend, pays performance-linked bonus to lowest-rung staff

Airline had resorted to pay cuts and had laid off 10% staff when the going was tough; The incentives, withheld earlier, are being given to those with basic pay of up to Rs 50,000

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Arindam Majumder New Delhi

2 min read Last Updated : Sep 29 2020 | 10:09 PM IST

India’s largest airline IndiGo has decided to pay performance-linked incentives to its lower rung employees for FY20.

The incentives, which were withheld in this financial year as part of cost-control measures, is being paid to Grade A and Grade B employees whose basic salary is up to Rs 50,000, a spokesperson of the airline said. The airline, which has 60 per cent market share in the country, had implemented two rounds of salary cuts and terminated 10 per cent of their workforce in order to control cash outgo that had risen because of two months of closure of air transport.

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