Air India hikes pilot pay as airlines battle to retain cockpit crew
- Source
- The Economic Times - Industry
- Source link
- https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/airlines-/-aviation/air-india-hikes-pilot-pay-as-airlines-battle-to-retain-cockpit-crew/articleshow/133049044.cms
- Published
- 2026-08-08 08:16:00
- Discovered by ProcIntel
- 2026-08-08 09:04:51
- Category
- Procurement & Supply Chain News
- Geography
- India
- Organisations
- —
- Review status
- Pending
- Record type
- REAL
Summary
In a bid to enhance pilot retention, Air India and Air India Express have announced a salary hike of nine to fifteen percent. This initiative comes in response to fierce competition with IndiGo and other Middle Eastern carriers. Senior pilots, flying for forty hours per month, will now receive nearly seven lakh rupees.
Procurement Relevance Gate
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— score 7.0/100 — evaluated 2026-08-08 09:04:51
Only geographic exposure matched — no substantive content indicator, so this cannot pass alone.
- geographic_exposure (weight 8) — matched on "1 linked geography"
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