Air India Air India plans to recruit over 4200 cabin crew and 900 pilots by 2023
Mumbai/IBNS: Air India is planning to hire more than 4,200 cabin crew and 900 pilots in 2023, as the airline increases its fleet size and expands its domestic and international services.
At the moment, the Tata Group-owned carrier has around 1,600 pilots against a fleet of 113 aircraft fleet.
According to media reports, the carrier has had instances of ultra-long-haul flights getting cancelled or delayed due to crew shortages.
The development comes close on the heels of Air India’s announcement to buy 470 aircraft from Boeing and Airbus, as a step forward to support its ambitious expansion plan. It has already announced plans to lease 36 aircraft of which two B 777-200 LR have already joined the fleet.
Air India has two subsidiaries—Air India Express and AirAsia India, and a joint venture with Singapore Airlines—Vistara.
"The cabin crew, who will be recruited from around the country, will undergo a 15-week programme imparting safety and service skills, and will be coached to exemplify the best of Indian hospitality and Tata group culture. The training program will include extensive classroom and in-flight training at the airline’s training facility in Mumbai as well as familiarization flights," the airline said in a statement.
Air India has recruited more than 1900 cabin crew members from May 2022 to February 2023. In the last seven months, over 1,100 of these cabin crew members have undergone training (between July 2022 and January 2023).
Commenting on the hiring plans, Sandeep Verma, Head - Inflight Services said, “With a sizeable aircraft order that was announced earlier in the month, more flights on international and domestic networks, and re-alignment of domestic routes with AIX connect, cabin crew will play a decisive role in shaping the present and future of the Air India group."
He added: "Addition of fresh talent will also accelerate the pace of cultural transformation at Air India, which is an integral part of our Vihaan.AI transformation program. We are also looking to step up hiring of more pilots and maintenance engineers.”
In the past three months, about 500 of the newly recruited cabin crew members have been cleared by the airline for flying.
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