Air India To Add 900 Pilots, Over 4,000 Cabin Crew This Year

As part of its significant growth strategy, Air India today said that it will employ around 900 pilots and 4,200 trainees for the cabin crew in 2023. In the biggest buying spree in the history of commercial aviation, Tata-owned airlines announced multibillion-dollar commitments to buy 470 passenger jets from Airbus of France and Boeing of the United States. It would cost between $70 and $80 billion to purchase all 470 planes. Two Boeing 777-200LRs have already been added to the fleet, as part of the 36 aircraft it has officially declared plans to lease. A 15-week training programme will be required of the cabin crew, which will be selected from around the nation. Almost 1,900 cabin crew members were engaged by Air India between May 2022 and February 2023. With a significant aeroplane order that as was previously revealed earlier in the month, cabin crew will play a significant part in determining the present and future of the Air India group. This will include more flights on domestic and international networks, as well as re-aligning domestic routes with AIX Connect." The hiring of new talent will hasten Air India's culture development, a crucial component of our Vihaan.AI transformation effort. According to Sandeep Verma, head of Air India's inflight services, "We are also aiming to boost up the recruiting of more pilots and maintenance engineers." The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said on Thursday that the aviation organisation will undergo significant modifications to accommodate India's expanding flight traffic. "The improvement and bolstering strategy for the expansion has already been considered.The six new regional offices would be located in Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Agartala, Amritsar, Nagpur, and Dehradun, according to DGCA Director General Arun Kumar, who was reported by news agency ANI.