Indian airlines on expansion spree, boom time for pilots
New Delhi: Bleak business is no bar for Indian commercial airlines, which are giving wings to their domestic and international expansion plans and briskly hiring pilots.
Low-cost carrier IndiGo Airlines, which launched its international operations on September 1, said it would add as many as 20 aircraft by 2012.
Another low-cost carrier, SpiceJet, which is expanding its regional operations, has placed orders for 15 Bombardier Q400s to be delivered by June 2012. The carrier, which received the delivery of its first Bombardier Q400 aircraft last month has hired 15 foreign (expatriate) pilots to operate these aircraft.
With IndiGo and SpiceJet adding aircraft, there is huge demand for trained pilots. IndiGo, which has launched its international operations, has indicated it would require about 300 extra pilots by end of 2012 to man the new aircraft.
SpiceJet, which operates six international flights out of its 200 daily flights, plans to expand its overseas network and has applied for several international routes.
Not to be left far behind, national carrier Air India (AI) also plans to hire pilots for its Boeing Dreamliners, which it expects to receive early next year. The airline expects to receive the first batch of the 27 Boeing Dreamliner 787s by November-end.
In a bid to change its negative image, ailing national carrier AI is also expected to hire around 1,000 new cabin members for its B777 and B787 Dreamliners that will fly on international routes.
Jet Airways, India’s biggest private carrier by market share, is also looking to hire pilots for its Boeing aircraft as well as its turboprop plane ATRs for its regional short-haul services.
Jet plans to launch more lowfare flights on shorter international routes to take on rivals, such as IndiGo and SpiceJet.
International airlines are keeping pace with their Indian counterparts, too. Dubai-based Emirates Airlines, which plans to expand its Indian operations and fly to more destinations in the subcontinent, will also open up hiring for pilots.
05/09/11 Sanjay Singh/Business Today
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Waht is the future of ame students…?i hv pased ame course in 2010…stil its end of 2011 i m jobles…if i wil get job in airlines they just pay 2000 to 3000..bt u kno the ame course fees…ame is nt a degree so a stund cn persue elswhere..so wht is the future of ame?no open vacancy there if any then its filled by the people who hv money or a big source?ame stnds r in big doubt?
there is no recruitment showing for first officer or co pilot in any airline and all airlines are demanding for only type rated pilot so please you also mention the reality of thousands of unemployed pilots are searching job in india.
Everywhere there news is news for pilots jobs.
But what about the engineers (ame’s)? I 100% agree with above samyak mukherjee’s opinion. Really there is no future of ame students. Its only n only coz of bloody idiot indian govt.
dear sir wat abt ame students i have passed ame in 2008 with all bamecs still i didnt get job wat abt our future pls think other field people they are getting good starting career wat abt us after studying so much still jobless it has become difficult to survive in cities pls do something
how abt our families wat to explain time is running simply do something