BENGALURU/HYDERABAD: Southwest Airlines plans to scale hiring at its newly launched global capability centre in India to about 1,000 staff over the next few years as it sets up its first such hub outside headquarters to build tech capabilities, a senior executive told Reuters.
The U.S. airline, which opened its Global Innovation Center in India's Hyderabad city on Wednesday, has already hired more than a dozen employees and intends to scale up to 200 employees in the near term, Krishna Kallepalli, Vice President and Global Head of Innovation (India) at Southwest Airlines, said in an interview.
