Budget Airline Blog

Flydubai is Dubai’s first budget airline has received more than 11,500 job inquiries as it prepares to launch.

FlyDubai has hired 61 captains and 18 first officers from among the 8,000 who applied to be pilots. They each have about 4,000 hours’ experience as captains and average 8,000 flying hours.

Eighty cabin crew have also been selected from 3,500 applicants.Ghaith al Ghaith, FlyDubai’s chief executive, said: “We had a huge response from applicants who were keen to come and join us, which shows the excitement among flight crew at the prospect of joining a new and exciting airline. It also demonstrates that Dubai is still seen as an attractive place to live and work.