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South Korea’s airlines increase pilot hires to meet robust post-pandemic demand
October 24th 2024
New pilots employed at South Korean airlines were higher by 8% year-on-year to August 2024, The Korea Times reports. Read More » Eleven local carriers hired 537 pilots from last January to August this year, it said. Korean Air (KAL) recruited 119 pilots, followed by T'way Air (114), Eastar Jet (79), Jin Air (68) and Air Busan (39). Flight attendants newly working for the country’s carriers reached a collective 1,216 in the first eight months of 2024, approaching the 1,238 cabin crew employed in full-year 2023.
