Air India may hire more pilots: Ajit Singh

With the pilot agitation continuing for close to a month, Air India may look at hiring some pilots, the Minister for Civil Aviation, Mr Ajit Singh, said on Friday.
The agitation has seen a severe curtailing of the long haul international flights operated by the airline. Addressing a press conference, the Minister said that a new Government panel was now looking at which international routes operated by the airline were able to meet their costs and which were not.
On the Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft joining the airline fleet, the Minister announced that the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs will take a view on what compensation the aircraft manufacturer should pay Air India. The compensation is being sought in view of the close to five-year delay in delivery of the first aircraft.
01/05/12 The Hindu

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