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IndiGo to Fly in 100 Expat Pilots To Curb Shortage

The hiring will increase IndiGo’s staff costs at a time when it is trying, with limited success, to curtail non-fuel expenses.

IndiGo plans to hire as many as 100 expatriate pilots this year to add to its roster of flight captains and plug shortages that have forced India’s biggest carrier by market share to cancel flights, said a person with knowledge of the matter. The move will help it maintain schedules but increase staff costs, experts said.

 

Read it at Economic Times

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