Air India has over 1,800 pilots and has positioned orders for 470 plane with Boeing and Airbus.
New Delhi:
Air India will rent over 1,000 pilots, together with captains and trainers, because the Tata Group-owned airline is increasing its fleet and community.
The airline, which at present has over 1,800 pilots, has positioned orders with Boeing and Airbus for 470 plane, together with wide-body plane.
The most recent Airbus agency orders embrace 210 A320/321 Neo/XLR and 40 A350-900/1000. The Boeing agency’s order consists of 190 737-MAXs, 20 787s and 10 777s.
The service, acquired by the Tata group in January final 12 months, is hiring over 1,000 pilots, in response to an commercial on Thursday.
“We’re providing many alternatives and accelerated development throughout our A320, B777, B787 and B737 fleets for captains and first officers in addition to trainers,” it mentioned, including that greater than 500 plane will be a part of its fleet. have been
In the meantime, pilots of Air India have raised considerations over the airline’s newest resolution to alter their pay construction and repair circumstances.
On April 17, Air India launched a revised compensation construction for its pilots and cabin crew, which has since been rejected by two pilot unions – the Indian Business Pilots Affiliation (ICPA) and the Indian Pilots Guild (IPG) – on grounds that the airline, in alleged violation of labor practices, didn’t seek the advice of them earlier than finalizing the brand new contracts.
The Tata Group has 4 airways – Air India, Air India Specific, AIX Join and Vistara, which is a three way partnership with Singapore Airways. The group is within the means of merging Vistara with Air India, together with Air India Specific and AIX Join.
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