Airlines
Air India hiring 550 cabin crew members, 50 pilots every month, expecting six A350 planes by 2023
Campbell Wilson, the CEO of Air India, claimed that the airline is hiring 550 cabin crew members and 50 pilots per month in order to give its five-year transformation plan a “healthy start.” Wilson also stated that Air India plans to have six wide-body A350 aircraft in its fleet by the end of the year.
Wilson, the airline’s managing director and CEO, said there is no specific objective for hiring but that 50 new pilots and around 550 members of the cabin crew are being trained each month.
He predicts that this hiring pace will last for the majority of this year, slow off by year’s end, then pick up speed again by year’s end of 2024. The recruiting rate will keep up with the introduction of aircraft.
Wilson stated that they are also mindful of the consolidation that is subject to regulatory approvals in light of the process of combining Air India Express and AirAsia India (now known as AIX Connect), as well as Vistara and Air India.
“The first narrow-body aircraft will come around July or August. The first wide-body aircraft (A350) will come around October,” Wilson said about the induction plans from the historic order placed for 470 planes earlier this year.
