Just In: Air India on a Hiring Spree, Getting 550 Cabin Crew Members and 50 Pilots Every Month!

We all love to fly from one destination to the other around the year. However, have you put a thought on what goes behind the curtains?

We all in the news heard about how Tata Group was able to take over Air India from the Government, its old company, and to ensure a healthy start for its five-year transformation plan since the takeover by the Tata group, the CEO Campbell Wilson said that the airline is hiring 550 cabin crew members and 50 pilots every month.

With no hiring target, they are recruiting ten times cabin crew members about five times in the case of pilots on an annual rate of the pre-privatised airline.

This hiring phase will continue for most of this year, taper off by the end of this year and accelerate again towards the end of 2024. The hiring pace will match the induction of aircraft.

The company is placing various measures to turn around the fortunes of the loss-making carrier by buying 250 aircraft, including 40 wide-body A350 planes, from European aviation major Airbus and 220 planes from US aircraft maker Boeing under separate deals in February 2023. The order will start delivery around July or August and help the company expand its international operations.

The order comprises 40 Airbus A350s, 20 Boeing 787s and 10 Boeing 777-9s wide-body aircraft, 210 Airbus A320/321 Neos and 190 Boeing 737 MAX single-aisle aircraft.

Currently, Air India has 122 planes and is expanding its fleet and expects to have six A350 and eight B777 aircraft by the end of this year. So far, the carrier has taken 9 B777 planes on lease.

The company is in the process of merging Air India Express with AirAsia India and Vistara with Air India, subject to regulatory approvals. The staff strength of the company will be around 20,000, excluding those being hired as part of the growth strategy, when you add the staff strength of these four airlines together.

Air India and Air India Express have hired more than 3,900 people, including over 500 pilots and 2,400 cabin crew members, since the start of this year.

According to reports, the actual transformation will happen from next year onwards as it will get all the leased aircraft, start retrofitting old aircraft and deliveries from orders for 470 planes.

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