Flydubai to Hire 600 Pilots By 2016

Reuters20.05.2011 UAE
Flydubai to Hire 600 Pilots By 2016

Flydubai to Hire 600 Pilots By 2016

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Low-cost carrier flydubai said it will hire 600 pilots over the next 5 years as it expands its fleet and adds new routes.


The Dubai-based carrier, which already has over 200 pilots, will recruit another 600 by 2016, its Chief Executive Officer Ghaith Al Ghaith said in an e-mailed statement.

The airline currently operates a fleet of 16 Boeing 737-800 NG aircraft. It placed an order for 50 Boeing planes in 2008, the last of which is due to be delivered in 2016.

Government-owned flydubai started commercial flights in 2009 and competes with regional low-cost carriers like UAE-based Air Arabia and Kuwait's Jazeera Airways.

Last year, Dubai announced plans to more than double flydubai's capital to Dh500 million ($136 million).

 

Source: Reuters

 



 
 

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