New Delhi/Mumbai: With the glare of investigating agencies on the company, AirAsia India is finding it tough to attract and retain employees. At its Bangalore-based headquarters, the airline has four senior managerial positions vacant.
The airline is hunting for a new commercial head after Kiran Jain has been given a new role to head government liasoning. “Kiran has moved to Delhi and has taken charge as director, government affairs. While she is also heading the commercial department with dual charge, the airline is looking for a new commercial head,” said a person aware of the developments.
The company’s CEO Amar Abrol resigned last month and is on notice period.
Simultaneously, the airline’s revenue management team doesn't have any head officer and Srihari Venugopal, head of route revenue has been transferred to AirAsia’s group headquarters in Kuala Lumpur. The shuffling of senior executives between India and the group headquarter has raised eyebrows as the transfers come at a crucial time when the airline is planning its international operations.
Similarly, Kesavan Sivanandam, who led the airport’s ground operations has been shifted to group headquarter Kuala Lumpur to lead ground operations there. Sivanandam has been with the airline since inception and played a crucial role in developing the airline’s home base in Bengaluru.
Sources say that Rahul Gupta, head of the sales at the airline has put in papers recently and is serving his notice period. Guota had joined the airline only a year back.
Churnings have been frequent at AirAsia India and experts have blamed it as one primary reason why its operations have not grown as expected. After four years of operations, the airline has a modest five per cent share of the domestic market. Despite having the comfort of benign fuel price in its favour, the airline has been unable to find a foothold in what is considered one of the toughest aviation markets in the world. In its four years of operations, the airline has seen two CEOs, three CFO and multiple changes in roles of crucial departmental heads. An AirAsia India spokesperson refused to comment citing them as internal matters of the company.
05/06/18 Arindam Majumder & Aneesh Phadnis/Business Standard
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The airline is hunting for a new commercial head after Kiran Jain has been given a new role to head government liasoning. “Kiran has moved to Delhi and has taken charge as director, government affairs. While she is also heading the commercial department with dual charge, the airline is looking for a new commercial head,” said a person aware of the developments.
The company’s CEO Amar Abrol resigned last month and is on notice period.
Simultaneously, the airline’s revenue management team doesn't have any head officer and Srihari Venugopal, head of route revenue has been transferred to AirAsia’s group headquarters in Kuala Lumpur. The shuffling of senior executives between India and the group headquarter has raised eyebrows as the transfers come at a crucial time when the airline is planning its international operations.
Similarly, Kesavan Sivanandam, who led the airport’s ground operations has been shifted to group headquarter Kuala Lumpur to lead ground operations there. Sivanandam has been with the airline since inception and played a crucial role in developing the airline’s home base in Bengaluru.
Sources say that Rahul Gupta, head of the sales at the airline has put in papers recently and is serving his notice period. Guota had joined the airline only a year back.
Churnings have been frequent at AirAsia India and experts have blamed it as one primary reason why its operations have not grown as expected. After four years of operations, the airline has a modest five per cent share of the domestic market. Despite having the comfort of benign fuel price in its favour, the airline has been unable to find a foothold in what is considered one of the toughest aviation markets in the world. In its four years of operations, the airline has seen two CEOs, three CFO and multiple changes in roles of crucial departmental heads. An AirAsia India spokesperson refused to comment citing them as internal matters of the company.
05/06/18 Arindam Majumder & Aneesh Phadnis/Business Standard
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