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Ajay Awtaney is the Founder and Editor of Live From A Lounge (LFAL), a pioneering digital platform renowned for publishing news and views about aviation, hotels, passenger experience, loyalty programs, travel trends and frequent travel tips for the Global Indian. He is considered the Indian authority on business travel, luxury travel, frequent flyer miles, loyalty credit cards and travel for Indians around the globe. Ajay is a frequent contributor and commentator on the media as well, including ET Now, BBC, CNBC TV18, NDTV, Conde Nast Traveller and many other outlets.

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Upto 45% of the schedule will operate & fares will be capped for domestic flights till November 2020

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The Government of India will keep a tab on fares for flying inside India (both on the lower and higher end) till November 2020 for now. Not just that, there are also curbs on the number of flights which will be operational till November 2020.

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IndiGo announces layoffs, will reduce headcount by 10%

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IndiGo, India’s largest airline by fleet and market share has announced that they will be letting go about 10% of their workforce in the coming days. This huge cut will be due to the CoVid-19 crisis which has cut the business of the airline to a minuscule fraction of the earlier dominant size in Indian aviation.

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