Oman Air-SpiceJet deal to boost crew

Oman Air has teamed up with India's SpiceJet low-cost airline in a bid to acquire more pilots and expand its air crew, the company announced today. Captain Hamed Al Jabry, senior manager of line operations at Oman Air, said that the airline was recently in India to look for a partner to provide Oman Air with ‘well-trained quality Boeing 737 pilots'. "We did enter into a strategic tie-up with SpiceJet after an extensive and careful inspection. Their pilots will fly with Oman Air on a contract basis for a period of one year," he said. To meet the company's future expansion goals, the airline designated a group of Omani graduates to undergo full Joint Aviation Authority Airline Transport Pilots License at Atlantic Flight Training in the UK.

Until the new pilots are ready to take to the skies, SpiceJet will hire out its Boeing 737 pilots to Oman Air. The deal will also see the low-cost airline's crew gain international exposure and training. The move comes after the national carrier set out an ambitious expansion strategy following its pullout from Gulf Air over a month ago. The Omani airline has added four new destinations up to now including Abu Dhabi, Chittagong in Bangladesh, and Indian destinations Lucknow and Jaipur. It has also added two more new aircraft to its fleet.

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