And who is going to fly them?
Lets say an average of 5 sets of crew per aircraft (as types unknown), 80 aircraft means 800 crews or 160 new hires a year, thats not including retirements/resignations, so about 200 a year.
Should be interesting.
5 sets is not achievable especially on the T7. Ppl from the HR are talking for minimum 350 pilots/year for the next 5 years plus the local cadets. Next month the PSAA will receive a second B777 ftd from AZ because they are expecting more than 35 expats per month from September . Last week they had 48 candidates on the Cairo assessment and again another 48 next week. Even EK with the most efficient HR department can handle 32 per week. In addition only some details are yet to be confirmed so that SVA will secure slots for the B777 in Air France sims in Paris ,because CAI DXB and JED are not enough. I think the press conference next week will be quite interesting