SEOUL: SpiceJet plans to rent up to 2,000 team of workers, together with pilots and cabin team, of the defunct Jet Airways as the no-frills provider continues to increase its operations.
The airline has taken no less than 22 planes that were earlier utilized by Jet Airways, which quickly shuttered its operations because of money crunch in April.
"We have taken vital number of people from Jet Airways. They were well qualified advert skilled people. We will continue to take more Jet team of workers within the times to come.
"We have taken around 1,100 people thus far. Expectation is that we will pass up to 2,000 people. It will be pilots, cabin team, (people) from airport products and services, safety...," SpiceJet chairman and managing director Ajay Singh informed PTI in an interview here.
Currently, SpiceJet has around 14,000 team of workers and a fleet of 100 planes. It is the fourth airline after Air India, now defunct Jet Airways and IndiGo to have 100 airplane.
SpiceJet has Boeing 737s, Bombardier Q-400s and B737 freighters. It operates around 575 daily flights on a mean to 62 locations, together with nine global ones, he stated.
To a query on whether or not SpiceJet would have a look at working wide-body airplane that were earlier utilized by Jet Airways, Singh stated the airline is at this time focussed on narrow-body fleet.
"Having stated that we recognise that there are gaps that have been created. They want to be crammed and in the longer term, if India is to be a global aviation hub, Indian carriers will have to fly lengthy haul. It cannot be most effective Air India which flies lengthy haul. The fashions (of business) for us is also other... I am sure each and every provider is attempting to see what may also be achieved," he stated on Saturday.
On May 28, SpiceJet posted a 22 according to cent upward thrust in internet benefit to Rs 56.3 crore within the 3 months ended March as upper fares helped the airline amid a capability crunch within the domestic aviation marketplace.
Singh stated there is no plan to lift funds these days, including that the airline is moderately conveniently positioned relating to finances.
"We are going to increase 80 according to cent capability this 12 months (fiscal). A large number of the capability is being expanded in the course of the leasing route. Therefore, it would possibly not require massive amount of cash and this 12 months we additionally expect to be significantly profitable. Also, get vital money drift through sale and lease again. So, we think that we most likely don't want to dilute any fairness," he noted.
The airline is having a look to have an 80 according to cent capability enlargement relating to Available Seat Kilometre (ASK), a trademark of seat capability.
"We have very little debt within the company and the debt pertains to Q400s we've on our books for essentially the most phase. We are in a wholesome state of affairs that we have an excessively low debt," Singh stated.
In 2015, SpiceJet positioned a USD 22 billion order for 205 airplane with Boeing and had followed it up with a USD 1.7 billion order for 50 Bombardier Q400 planes.
The airline has taken no less than 22 planes that were earlier utilized by Jet Airways, which quickly shuttered its operations because of money crunch in April.
"We have taken vital number of people from Jet Airways. They were well qualified advert skilled people. We will continue to take more Jet team of workers within the times to come.
"We have taken around 1,100 people thus far. Expectation is that we will pass up to 2,000 people. It will be pilots, cabin team, (people) from airport products and services, safety...," SpiceJet chairman and managing director Ajay Singh informed PTI in an interview here.
Currently, SpiceJet has around 14,000 team of workers and a fleet of 100 planes. It is the fourth airline after Air India, now defunct Jet Airways and IndiGo to have 100 airplane.
SpiceJet has Boeing 737s, Bombardier Q-400s and B737 freighters. It operates around 575 daily flights on a mean to 62 locations, together with nine global ones, he stated.
To a query on whether or not SpiceJet would have a look at working wide-body airplane that were earlier utilized by Jet Airways, Singh stated the airline is at this time focussed on narrow-body fleet.
"Having stated that we recognise that there are gaps that have been created. They want to be crammed and in the longer term, if India is to be a global aviation hub, Indian carriers will have to fly lengthy haul. It cannot be most effective Air India which flies lengthy haul. The fashions (of business) for us is also other... I am sure each and every provider is attempting to see what may also be achieved," he stated on Saturday.
On May 28, SpiceJet posted a 22 according to cent upward thrust in internet benefit to Rs 56.3 crore within the 3 months ended March as upper fares helped the airline amid a capability crunch within the domestic aviation marketplace.
Singh stated there is no plan to lift funds these days, including that the airline is moderately conveniently positioned relating to finances.
"We are going to increase 80 according to cent capability this 12 months (fiscal). A large number of the capability is being expanded in the course of the leasing route. Therefore, it would possibly not require massive amount of cash and this 12 months we additionally expect to be significantly profitable. Also, get vital money drift through sale and lease again. So, we think that we most likely don't want to dilute any fairness," he noted.
The airline is having a look to have an 80 according to cent capability enlargement relating to Available Seat Kilometre (ASK), a trademark of seat capability.
"We have very little debt within the company and the debt pertains to Q400s we've on our books for essentially the most phase. We are in a wholesome state of affairs that we have an excessively low debt," Singh stated.
In 2015, SpiceJet positioned a USD 22 billion order for 205 airplane with Boeing and had followed it up with a USD 1.7 billion order for 50 Bombardier Q400 planes.
SpiceJet to hire up to 2,000 Jet staff, says Ajay Singh
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