There are several first officers who have flown 5,000 hours
A shortage of pilots and cabin crew is one reason for flight delays.
It said Air India "accepted" that though the number of flights from Delhi "increased substantially.
Air India will require more than 6,500 pilots to operate 470 aircraft that are to be supplied by Airbus and Boeing in the coming years, according to industry sources. Seeking to expand fleet as well as operations, the airline has placed orders for acquiring a total of 840 aircraft that includes an option to buy 370 planes. This is one of the largest aircraft order by any airline. Currently, Air India has around 1,600 pilots to operate its 113 aircraft fleet and in recent times, there have been instances of ultra-long haul flights getting cancelled or delayed due to shortage of crew.
The development comes four days ahead of the launch of a training programme for pilots to fly the Boeing 787 Dreamliners.
Says pilots ready to resume work but civil aviation minister unwilling to reinstate sacked employees
Air India says it would be operating its new Boeing-787 Dreamliner aircraft on key domestic routes, not abroad, to begin with. The first of these is to be inducted later this month, on routes such as Mumbai-Delhi.
The Ahmedabad air tragedy, which claimed the lives of all but one of the 242 passengers and crew on board, and several others on the ground, has left deep scars on BJMC's residential quarters and the psyche of the survivors.
United States aerospace major Boeing on Thursday said it received approval from the country's government to offer its F-15EX multi-role combat jet to the Indian Air Force.
A Mumbai-Delhi air ticket is now available upwards of Rs 3,700 for next day travel on all airlines.
5 AI's Dreamliner pilots left the airline to join other carriers without serving the mandatory six-month notice period
The Tata Group-owned Air India has decided to procure its maiden batch of wide-bodied A350 aircraft of Airbus and the first plane is likely to be delivered to the airline by March 2023, sources have said.
The airline is trying to save on wage costs by cutting the normal notice period of six months by about half for pilots who have already resigned.
Air India and Indian Airlines merged in 2007.
Former India footballer Gouramangi Singh's wife, Pushpanjali has been airlifting Indians stranded in different parts of the world and bringing them back home amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Whether this happens because DGCA actually cares about the future of the national carrier or for other motives is not clear.
But the Abu Dhabi-based airline would first bolster its own network with traffic from India before Jet's turnaround.
The Bengaluru skies dazzled with somersaults and stunts by metal birds.
The company has dismissed 194 cabin crew and 11 pilots over past year for unauthorised absence and such reasons.
The aircraft flew out from the airbase in the French port city of Bordeaux and will cover a distance of nearly 7,000 km with air-to-air refuelling and a single stop in the United Arab Emirates before arriving at Ambala airbase on Wednesday, officials said.
'India placed the order, primarily due to the IAF's 'critical operational necessity'.' 'The complexity of the IAF's requirements delayed the process for months.' 'It is these requirements which cannot be made public.' 'Can you image Indian politicians publicly discussing the pros and the cons of such military equipment?' 'It would provide India's enemies with indications about the IAF's tactical plans in case of a conflict.' 'It is crucial that they should remain secret to protect India's defence preparedness,' explains Claude Arpi.
