The Indian carriers hiring in late 2026: IndiGo, Air India, Akasa, the Air India Express and the regional carriers
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#1 IndiGo Bangalore, and Leon's Asia thread had India in a paragraph and the Indian applicants on this forum are the largest applicant group from any country. Here is the Indian hiring picture this month in the running thread format, with the Indian crew's input. Add below with the date and the city.
IndiGo
Hiring continuously as the fleet grows (the A321neos, the XLRs, the A350s coming), the ifly academy in Gurgaon running batches of 50 plus back to back, the assessments in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata, Kochi monthly. The largest Indian hiring by far. Confirmed from the Bangalore base's new joiner numbers.
Air India
Rebuilding the cabin crew numbers after the Vistara merger and for the new wide body deliveries (the A350s, the 787s), the rounds regular in the metros, the Air India academy courses in Mumbai and Gurgaon, the international flying as the pitch. The Vistara crew integrated with their own seniority questions. Confirmed by the Air India crew on the Bangalore route.
Air India Express
The low cost arm, hiring for the Gulf and domestic network in rounds, the Kochi and Kozhikode and the Gulf route focus, the Kerala applicants' home option. Confirmed by the Kochi applicant groups (Ravi's).
Akasa
The newest, hiring in rounds as the 737 MAX fleet grows, the Mumbai and Bangalore bases, the younger crew and the faster promotion of a growing airline. The Indian applicant's Riyadh Air equivalent: the builder's airline. Confirmed by the Akasa crew at Bangalore airport.
The regional carriers
Alliance Air (the regional government carrier), Star Air, FlyBig, the small ones with the ATRs and the regional routes, hiring in small rounds for the regional bases. The Indian version of the regional door.
The Gulf events across Indian cities
Emirates, Qatar, Etihad, flydubai, Air Arabia, Saudia, Riyadh Air, Kuwait Airways, Oman Air, Gulf Air: all hold events in the Indian metros and increasingly the second cities (Kochi, Chandigarh, Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Jaipur) on a rolling basis. The Mumbai and Kochi and Hyderabad threads have the current descriptions. The Indian applicants are the largest source for the Gulf cabins and the events are monthly somewhere in India.
SIA and Cathay and the Asian carriers in India
SIA's regional sessions in the Indian metros (Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi), Cathay occasionally, Malaysia Airlines and Thai for the India routes. Smaller than the Gulf and real.
The documents, the Indian version
The police clearance from the Passport Seva Kendra, the apostille through the MEA, the passport validity and the two blank pages: Priya's thread. Every Indian applicant who missed a joining date missed it on these. Start before the event.
Reply with your airline, the city, the date. India has a thread and the largest applicant group on the forum should keep it current.
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#2 Indian carrier, Bangalore, this month: the IndiGo batches continuous, the Air India round in Bangalore last month with a course in Mumbai now, the Akasa round for the Bangalore base open. The Bangalore Gulf events (Emirates and Qatar) both this quarter. Confirmed.
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#3 Delhi, this month: the IndiGo Delhi assessments weekly, the Air India Gurgaon academy full, the Emirates Delhi event last month with calls at day 28 to 40. The Delhi picture is the busiest in the country. Confirmed.
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#4 Kochi, waiting on Emirates (day 31), this month: the Air India Express Kochi round open and the Kerala applicants in it, the Qatar Kochi event announced for next quarter, the IndiGo Kochi assessment monthly. Confirmed from the Kochi groups.
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#5 Chennai, aspiring, this month: the SIA Chennai session announced for next quarter (the Tamil speakers), the Emirates and Qatar Chennai events on the rolling schedule, the IndiGo Chennai assessments monthly. The Chennai applicant's three doors, all this quarter. Confirmed from the groups.
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#6 Qatar from Hyderabad, this month: the Hyderabad Gulf events (Qatar and Emirates and now Riyadh Air) confirmed by the new Hyderabadi joiners in Doha, three in the last two batches. The Hyderabad pipeline to the Gulf is open. Confirmed from Doha.
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#7 Qatar from Mumbai, this month: the Mumbai events produced courses (the Indian share of the Doha batches up), the police clearance and the apostille still the joining date killers, as Deepak says. Confirmed from the Doha side.
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#8 PIA, Lahore, this month, for the Pakistan side of the subcontinent: the Emirates and Qatar Lahore and Karachi events on the rolling schedule, the Pakistani share of the batches steady, the PIA round quiet. The subcontinent's hiring is India loud and Pakistan steady. Confirmed.
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#9 Thank you all. India has a thread with six cities confirmed in a day and the Pakistan note from Hassan. The largest applicant group on the forum has its hiring picture. The documents paragraph is in every reply, as it should be.