Tata-owned Air India’s first batch of cabin crew and pilots ready to take off

Air India has announced that its maiden batch of 215 cabin crew and 48 pilots, since Tata Group took over the airline, have received their wings and are cleared to be deployed.

Selected from more than 13,000 candidates from across the country, the cabin crew trainees cleared a 15-week programme, which includes extensive classroom and in-flight training, at the airline’s facility in the city and other familiarisation flights.

The new pilots, comprising 40 men and 8 women, completed their training at Air India’s Hyderabad facility, and will operate on the airline’s Airbus A320 fleet.