Pune: Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd (HCCBPL) has entered into partnership with actor Salman Khan’s Being Human foundation, to scale up its career development centre (CDC), an initiative to empower rural, educated and underserved youth. As part of this endeavour, a new career development centre will be set up in Pune this year. The...
Mumbai: In order to overcome the present challenges in the aviation industry, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) introduced a course – IATA Passenger Ground Services – in December 2012, specially designed to complement the training requirements outlined in the IATA Airport Handling Manual (AHM), the IATA Safety Audit for Ground Operations (ISAGO), and...
Chennai: Young flying aspirants have been left in the lurch, unable to complete their stipulated period of flying training to obtain a commercial pilot’s licence. The situation has arisen as the Madras Flying Club has not had a flying instructor for the past year. Airport sources said Captain N.K. Singh was the club’s last...
Air India Charters Limited, the subsidiary of Air India that operates low cost carrier Air India Express, is now looking for Pilots of varying experience to fill the following posts: (I) B737NG Type-rated EXAMINER B737NG Type-rated INSTRUCTOR B737NG Type-rated CHECK-PILOT B737NG Type-rated LINE CAPTAIN (II) TRAINEE CAPTAIN Applicants should be Indian Citizens (wherever domiciled) and below...
Mumbai: The civil aviation ministry’s dream to build the first Aviation University in the country is likely to start from next month. According to ministry officials rupees 80 crores was sanctioned last week towards construction work of the university at Fursatganj (UP) in place of the Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Academy. According to civil...
New Delhi: Aviation regulator Directorate-General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has proposed new draft rules that will make it mandatory for cabin crew to give a minimum notice period of three months to the airlines which employ them before they (cabin crew) quit their jobs. The DGCA has proposed that if this is not done,...
Hyderabad: GMR Group is one of the fastest growing infrastructure enterprises in the country with interests in Energy, Highways, Urban Infrastructure and Airports sectors. Expanding their ambit of operations, the GMR Group recently set its foot into the field of education, and GMR Aviation Academy (GMR AA) is one such successful initiative of the...
Mumbai: In a first-of-its-kind development, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has decided to keep a virtual eye on all flying training institutes in the country to check malpractices. The DGCA has ordered flying schools to install cameras, at specified locations on their campuses, that send real-time data on the training activities to...
Mumbai: With little hope of being airborne again in the near future, a section of Kingfisher Airlines pilots are now pinning their hopes on the erstwhile Deccan Air founder Capt Gopinath’s proposed new carrier and making frequent enquiries about its launch. “With airlines like Jet Airways, SpiceJet, IndiGo and GoAir not hiring, Kingfisher pilots,...
Soon, you would not have to be only a science student to be able to become a pilot. Gujarat University (GU)has plans of teaming up with an aviation university so that students who are interested in becoming can become pilots no matter what their background is. GU shall be signing a memorandum of understanding...
There is shortage of type rated Commanders in the country due to growth in aviation industry and induction of new aircrafts in the fleet of the airlines. However, adequate number of co-pilots are available and employed with the airlines. These co-pilots do not possess sufficient training and experience as required to become commander on that type. To cover the...
New Zealand’s lucrative market for foreign students is under the spotlight after a group of Indian students say they were assaulted, ripped off and forced to fly in unsafe conditions at a Palmerston North flight school. ONE News was first contacted a year and a half ago by a desperate group of Indian students...
Hyderabad: For Salva Fatima, a resident of Sultan Shahi, the flight to success was fraught with difficulties, criticism and frequent tests of patience. Now, four years and 201 flight hours later, the gritty 24-year-old has graduated perhaps as the first woman pilot from the Old City. In her uniform with striped flaps and the...
340 expat pilots are still employed with various airlines in the country of which largest number is with Jet Airways, Lok Sabha was informed today. “Total number of foreign pilots employed with various airlines has come down from 526 last year to 340 present, of which 93 are employed with Jet Airways. 63 are...
Hyderabad: The major fire accident that engulfed a hangar in Begumpet airport has not just annihilated the entire fleet of aircrafts, along with the equipment, belonging to the Andhra Pradesh Aviation Academy (APAC), it has also put a question mark on the careers of about 42 trainees. These trainees are undergoing two-year long course...