IndiGo’s plan to hire 900 additional pilots by next year may help ease current operational stress, but a Moneycontrol report shows the carrier has expanded its cockpit crew at the slowest pace among major Indian airlines since the pandemic—even as rivals aggressively ramped up hiring.

According to Moneycontrol, between FY22 and FY24, IndiGo increased its pilot strength from 3,791 to 5,038, a rise of 32.9 per cent. Over the same period, India’s total pilot pool grew 35.7 per cent, indicating that IndiGo’s share has dipped slightly despite sustained capacity expansion.

The contrast with the Tata group airlines is striking. Air India more than doubled its cockpit strength—from 1,116 pilots in FY22 to 2,536 in FY24. AIX (formerly Air India Express) tripled its pilot count from 333 to 1,013 a

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