Indians form more than half of Qatar Airways recruits: CEO

Bangalore: Indians accounted for more than half of the recruitments, including global positions, made by Qatar Airways, its Chief Executive Officer Akbar Al Baker.
“Currently, we are recruiting people from three Indian destinations and these include those for global positions”, he told reporters here adding “India has a vast reservoir of talent and we are keen on tapping it”.
Outlining the Indian market for the airways, he said the launch of its latest daily service to Bangalore was proving to be one of its most successful start-up routes.
Qatar Airways currently operates 74 flights a week spread across 11 Indian cities, including daily flights to Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Ahmedabad, Goa, Kozhikhode and Amritsar.
“Our Doha-Goa flights increased to daily only last week and we plan to step up capacity on the Amritsar route to daily within the next few months. We will continue to explore new strategic opportunities to expand our presence here”, he said while spelling out its commitment to the Indian market.
12/04/10 Times of India