After Shopping for 470 New Aircrafts, Air India Will Rent 4200 Crew Members, 900 Pilots Throughout India! – Trak.in

Tata Group-owned Air India has introduced plans to rent over 4,200 cabin crew and 900 pilots in 2023.

The airline had recruited over 1,900 cabin crew between Could 2022 and February 2023.

These plans are a part of a serious revamp that noticed the provider place orders for a report 470 jets earlier this month.

Second innings

The overhaul started after it returned to the Tata Group’s fold final 12 months.

As soon as famend for its stellar service, it’s now in search of to restore its fame that declined within the mid-2000s as monetary troubles mounted.

The airline earlier this month sealed a report deal for the brand new planes from Airbus and Boeing probably value tens of billions of {dollars}.

Benefiting from rising air journey demand in India

It intends to capitalize on India’s rising base of fliers and powerful demand for air journey.

The historic buy was hailed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, French President Emmanuel Macron, and US President Joe Biden.

Apart from business use the agreements can also assist deepen India’s strategic partnership with the 2 international locations.

Shaping new cabin crew 

“We’re additionally seeking to step up hiring of extra pilots and upkeep engineers,” mentioned Sandeep Verma, head of the airline’s in-flight providers.

He mentioned cabin crew will play a decisive function in shaping the current and way forward for the Air India group with extra flights on worldwide and home networks.

“Addition of contemporary expertise can even speed up the tempo of cultural transformation at Air India, which is an integral a part of our Vihaan.AI transformation program”, he mentioned.

Coaching programme

The cabin crew will undergo a 15-week programme imparting security and repair expertise, and might be coached to “exemplify the very best of Indian hospitality and Tata group tradition”.

The coaching program will embody intensive classroom and in-flight coaching on the airline’s coaching facility in Mumbai in addition to familiarization flights.