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Old 19th Jun 2011, 19:59
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vivekh
 
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The future seems bright for an A320 rated pilot in India. Most of India's airlines fly aircraft from the A320 family (319, 320, 321).

Indigo will have 280 of them by 2025.

GoAir has 10+10 A320s and has just ordered 72 A320 NEOs.

Kingfisher has more than 20 in service and I believe many more on order.

Apart from this, there are always the A330s which are flown by Jet or Kingfisher. A330 operators hire A320 rated pilots (with enough time) for the A330, as the transition training is relatively cheap and very quick. I had heard that they had recently hired ex-Indigo pilots for their A330s (not sure how true this is).

Once you get enough time under the belt, there are always international airlines. Word is that AirAsia will be beating Indigo's world record order, and order as many as 200 A320s (probably all NEOs) at the Paris Air Show this week. Keep your ears open.

All the best!!!
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