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The variety of pilots newly employed by South Korean air carriers rose 8 p.c on-year via August, knowledge confirmed Sunday, pushed by post-pandemic journey demand.
The 11 air carriers employed 537 new pilots over the January-August interval, in contrast with 498 in the identical interval a yr earlier, in line with Rep. Lee Yeon-hee of the principle opposition Democratic Social gathering, who cited knowledge from the transport ministry.
The determine marks a major enhance from the annual common of 135 recorded between 2020 and 2022 throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
By air provider, Korean Air employed the best variety of pilots at 119, adopted by T’approach Air Co., a low-cost provider (LCC), with 114.
T’approach has been increasing its variety of pilots after being designated instead provider for 4 routes operated by Korean Air to European cities — Rome, Barcelona, Frankfurt and Paris — following the highest participant’s deliberate merger with Asiana Airways Inc.
Eastar Jet Co., one other LCC, employed 79 pilots, adopted by Jin Air Co. and Air Busan Co. with 68 and 39, respectively. Asiana has not been hiring new pilots since final yr.
The variety of flight attendants newly recruited by South Korean air carriers, in the meantime, additionally reached 1,216 over the eight-month interval, nearing the 1,238 employed for all of 2023, the info additionally confirmed. (Yonhap)
