Tata-owned Air India Express to double its pilot count in next one year
In the next one year, Air India Express, owned by the Tata Group, will double its number of pilots by inducting 350 new ones currently undergoing training, The Financial Express (FE) reported on Wednesday quoting the airline’s managing director Aloke Singh.
Currently, the airline has 400 pilots, and the headcount may go as high as 900. New aircraft scheduled to join the Air India Express fleet will fuel the recruitment drive.
The airline wants to expand its domestic footprint and roll out new flight networks. “With 50 aircraft set to be inducted into the fleet over the next 15 months, we double in size in a short span of time.
