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Air India: pilot jobs, pay and conditions
India · Legacy · AI / AIC
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Group expansion with A320 type-rated FO drives; 9-17% pay hike for pilots from Oct 2026.
Pay
First officer
INR 2,800,000–5,500,000 a year
about $29–58k a year
Captain
INR 8,500,000–18,000,000 a year
about $90–190k a year
Aggregator ranges (Oct 2026). Senior commander ~INR 7 lakh/month at 40h, ~8.9 lakh at 70h (Business Today, Oct 2026 revision).
Open vacancies (0)
No open pilot vacancies listed right now.
Conditions
- Allowances
- Flying pay, layover allowances; INR 10-21 lakh one-time incentive to move to AI Express.
- Roster
- Pay counted on published block time.
- Bases
- DEL, BOM, BLR
- Fleet
- A320neo, A321neo, A350, B777, B787
- Benefits
- Staff travel, medical, PF.
- Careers site
- airindia.com ↗
Requirements
- Type rating
- varies
- Licence
- DGCA licence
- Other
- Foreign licence holders need DGCA conversion
Sources
From published reports in the aviation press · figures from 2026-10 · checked 27 Oct 2026
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