Oman Air-SpiceJet deal to boost crew

Oman Air has teamed up with India’s SpiceJet low-cost airline in a bid to acquire more pilots and expand its air crew, the company announced today.
Captain Hamed Al Jabry, senior manager of line operations at Oman Air, said that the airline was recently in India to look for a partner to provide Oman Air with ‘well-trained quality Boeing 737 pilots’.
Oman Air has teamed up with India’s SpiceJet low-cost airline in a bid to acquire more pilots and expand its air crew, the company announced today.
Captain Hamed Al Jabry, senior manager of line operations at Oman Air, said that the airline was recently in India to look for a partner to provide Oman Air with ‘well-trained quality Boeing 737 pilots’.
To meet the company’s future expansion goals, the airline designated a group of Omani graduates to undergo full Joint Aviation Authority Airline Transport Pilots License at Atlantic Flight Training in the UK.
Until the new pilots are ready to take to the skies, SpiceJet will hire out its Boeing 737 pilots to Oman Air. The deal will also see the low-cost airline’s crew gain international exposure and training.
18/06/07 Safura Rahimi/ArabianBusiness.com