Kingfisher to induct 70 foreign pilots for int flights

New Delhi: Vijay Mallya-promoted Kingfisher Airlines plans to hire 70 foreign pilots for its international operations which it is starting from September.
"We plan to get around 70 foreign pilots on our rolls, apart from the ones we already have, for our overseas operations scheduled for launch from September," a senior Kingfisher Airlines official told PTI.
The airline, which has ordered 10 wide body aircraft for its international services, has already started looking for pilots and would bring them to the country by close to the start of its foreign operations.
"We have started looking and would hire them closer to the launch of international operations in early September." For its various domestic sectors, Kingfisher had 110 pilots from abroad on its rolls in the beginning of the year.
The carriers in the country have resorted to hiring foreign pilots as a measure to mitigate the shortage of trained pilots available within the country.
27/07/08 Press Trust of India

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