30 AUGUST 2021

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New UK airline

British start-up Hans Airways has entered into a partnership with Swiss company Resource Group, allowing the evolving airline to commence the recruitment process for the flight crews it needs to continue along the path towards gaining its UK Air Operator Certificate (AOC) later this year.

Using its UK subsidiary ContractAir, Resource Group will work alongside Hans Airways in hiring the captains, first officers and training captains required to fly its planned fleet of A330-200s.

“This recruitment agreement is a well-timed development as we prepare to launch our direct non-stop flights to India later in 2021,” says Nathan Burkitt, Director Flight Operations and Crew Training at Hans Airways. “It will allow the leadership team to focus on our launch preparations while at the same time filling the essential flight crew roles that we need. Resource Group brings decades of invaluable experience in this field, having worked with the likes of British Airways, Virgin Atlantic and easyJet, to name but a few of their other airline partners.”

Progress is clearly being made in terms of Hans Airways’ recruitment needs.  The airline, which has had its application for its operating and route licences to serve India published by the UK Civil Aviation Authority, is continuing to make advances with regards to securing its AOC. “We are getting ready for our proving flight in October as part of the process to obtain Hans Airways’ AOC,” explains Burkitt. “We have determined a planned launch date internally, and we will make an announcement once all regulatory requirements are complete.”

www.hansairways.com

www.resourcegroup.co.uk

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