Air India raises retirement age of pilots from 58 to 65

NEW DELHI: Air India has raised the retirement age of pilots from 58 to 65, and from 58 to 60 for all other employees.

Sources said the retirement age of erstwhile Vistara pilots was 65. "With Vistara merging into Air India last Nov, the retirement age of pilots has been raised to 65 to bring parity," a source said.

Air India has about 24,000 employees, including 3,600 pilots and 9,500 cabin crew members. It could not be ascertained whether cabin crew members' retirement age had also been raised to 65, in line with that of pilots.

It was learnt the announcement about raising the retirement age was made at the airline's townhall, addressed by CEO and MD Campbell Wilson.

Directorate General of Civil Aviation allows commercial pilots to fly till 65.

"There was discontent among pilots of erstwhile Air India and Vistara over some issues, including different retirement ages. That issue has been resolved," said a source.