Last year, Air India had sought to recruit 200 trainee pilots (senior trainee pilot license holders who come with A320 endorsement). Though Air India does not have any ATRs in its fleet, services will be provided to its wholly-owned subsidiary 'Alliance Air'. Air India may recruit about 500 pilots and over 1,500 cabin crew in next two to three years to meet the requirement as the fleet size is expected to increase considerably, a senior official has said. The official said Air India envisaged fleet expansion of another 100 aircraft in the next four years' time. "We are planning to have 700 more pilots in the next two to three years keeping in view the fleet expansion.

Source: dna July 27, 2016 06:33 UTC