Originally Posted by
ethicalconundrum
Air India is going big, big, big. Largest fleet order from a single buyer. This is a massive expansion for the Tata Group into aviation. Air India was govt owned monopoly that fell out of favor with typical govt run inefficiency. It was divested in 2021 and the Tata Group bought, or took controlling interest. Apparently they see a huge upside to global routes and competing with ME airlines on a competitive cost basis. Buying 470 aircraft, and 900 pilots over the next 3 years. Planes split between Boeing and Airbus.
https://www.reuters.com/business/aer...ln-2023-02-27/
No paywall. Global aviation is a tough nut to crack, but Tata has been successful at many other ventures. Go big or go home, I guess they are going big.
900 pilots for 470 aircraft? Makes sense. I guess they'll do the good old part time, 12 hours working 12 hours at home 365 days a year.