Spicejet informs pilots, no salary for April-May, cargo pilots to get paid on hourly basis

Private air carrier Spicejet on Wednesday told its pilots that they will not be paid salaries for April and May, and said those who have been operating cargo flights will get paid for "block hours flown". The airline's flight operations chief Gurcharan Arora told pilots through an email that "as of today, 16 per cent of our aircraft and 20 per cent of our pilots are flying". Spicejet is currently flying 5 cargo aircrafts.