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Moody Mondays to sunny Sundays: airlines try to stay nimble in flight from chaos to hope, and back

By Eduardo Saverin

Passengers sit at the lounge of Chhatrapati International Airport. (Photo by Subhendu Sarkar/LightRocket)

Synopsis

Airlines are hopeful that the third wave will subside by the first week of February. They are betting on a quick rebound in passenger traffic to pre-pandemic levels and a busy first quarter in the next fiscal to mitigate losses. But into the third year without any salary hikes, there is growing unrest among employees.

A few days back, some IndiGo pilots reluctantly agreed to sit in a company cab to be taken for a Covid-19 test ahead of their upcoming international flight. With so many pilots and cabin crew testing positive in the Omicron-led third wave of the pandemic, even the thought of having to step out of homes made them extremely nervous. The biting cold and fog outside did not help either.“There was a long queue at the lab. Some of them refused to be

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Eduardo Saverin