Air India has fired more than 1,000 staff in the last three years for ethical breaches, according to the airline's CEO Campbell Wilson.
Flagging that hundreds of employees are terminated every year due to non-compliance, Wilson has also emphasized that staff need to act with integrity even when others are not looking.
The airline's CEO made the remarks during a town hall meeting with staff, highlighting that over the past three years, 'we have terminated more than 1,000 people for ethical breach' such as smuggling items off planes and allowing excess baggage without being charged.
Wilson also mentioned hundreds of staff who had misused the Employee Leisure Travel (ELT) system, adding that such actions should not occur.
Air India has resorted to cost-cutting measures, including holding back annual increments for staff and asking them to cut discretionary spending as well as non-critical expenditures, warning of 'tough times'.
The airline group is projected to have incurred over ₹22,000 crore loss in the financial year ended March 2026.
