Korean Air will hold a two-day “road show” in Delhi on Friday and Saturday to hire pilots from the grounded Jet Airways which has seen an exodus of staff in the wake of the suspension of operations. The foreign carrier is looking at hiring around 300-400 pilots for flying its wide-body airplanes such as the B777-300s.
Korean Air connects 124 cities with a mix of Boeing and Airbus aircraft. The airline owns 167 aircraft connecting cities in 44 countries. NAG currently has about 900-1,000 pilots as members now, down from earlier strength of about 1,500.
Following the grounding of Jet Airways last month, many of its pilots have joined rival local carriers such as SpiceJet, Air India, IndiGo and Vistara. In response to lenders’ call for stake sale in the airline, only Etihad Airways submitted a bid. There are two unsolicited bids from foreign investors and Hinduja group earlier this week said that it was evaluating Jet Airways opportunity.
