"We plan to get around 70 foreign pilots on our rolls, apart from the ones we already have, for our overseas operations scheduled for launch from September," a senior Kingfisher Airlines official said.
The airline, which has ordered 10 wide body aircraft for its international services, has already started looking for pilots and would bring them to the country by close to the start of its foreign operations.
"We have started looking and would hire them closer to the launch of international operations in early September."
For its various domestic sectors, Kingfisher had 110 pilots from abroad on its rolls in the beginning of the year.
The carriers in the country have resorted to hiring foreign pilots as a measure to mitigate the shortage of trained pilots available within the country.
The airline plans to fly to various Saarc member countries like Pakistan and Bangladesh, apart from destinations in the Middle-East and the West from September.
The carrier, which currently has a fleet of 84 aircraft, has ordered five Superjumbo Airbus A380s and another five Airbus A330s.
It has taken delivery of two Airbus A330 recently while another one is due of August 2.
