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...
Kochi: Aiming to increase the strength of pilots for optimum utilisation of its fleet strength, the Air India Express today decided to recruit 50 pilots, 30 commanders and 30 co-pilots within one year. Shortage of commanders was the main issue discussed at the board meeting of the budget airlines here, chaired by Rohit Nandan,...
New Delhi: Private carrier Jet Airways, which expects its aviation academy to be functional from early next year here, has said it will set up similar centres in Delhi and Kolkata to cater to the growing in-house and industry demand. “We have received provisional clearance for our aviation training academy and we expect to...
The 26 wannabe pilots of the state whose aspiration to fly high was cut short after they were returned home from the Bilaspur-based flying academy midway in last October could now aspire to resume their flight as the government has apparently completed the nitty-gritty of resuming their training afresh. The state government has signed...
Jamshedpur: Jharkhand government will send a batch of tribal youths to complete a commercial pilot training in Uttar Pradesh. “A batch of 26 youths belonging to Schedule Tribe or Schedule Caste and Other Backward Class, who had returned from Chhattisgarh without completing the training, will be sent to a flying institute in Uttar Pradesh...
Jamshedpur: Jharkhand government will send a batch of tribal youths to complete a commercial pilot training in Uttar Pradesh. ”A batch of 26 youths belonging to Schedule Tribe or Schedule Caste and Other Backward Class, who had returned from Chhattisgarh without completing the training, will be sent to a flying institute in Uttar Pradesh to...
Dehradun: Two students namely Sarthak Kapoor & Rachit Mehta, who have been pursuing their BBA in Aviation Operations from University of Petroleum and Energy studies (UPES) have been selected to visit the European Business School (EBS) in Germany for a four-month training under a student exchange programme. Sarthak belongs to Gurgaon while Rachit is...
Surabhi Roy, 47, who’s been a flight attendant for more than 20 years, loves her job. “The best part about being an air hostess is meeting new people every other day. You start understanding different cultures, without having to read about them,” she said. “It’s like a paid holiday, so I make the most...
Bhubaneswar: Flying training at the government aviation training institute (GATI) in the city has been stopped since January after the state civil aviation department failed to pay up the project allocation fee to the Airport Authority of India (AAI). The airport authorities had stopped flying operations demanding 50 per cent project allocation fee, a...
New Delhi: In an attempt to look into the concerns of the pilots, who give in-service examinations for promotions, Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh has directed the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to institute a forum for redressal of complaints of harassment filed by them. “A lot of pilots do not even get...
Scores of jobless co-pilots from the defunct Kingfisher Airlines (KFA) on Thursday appeared for written tests conducted by GoAir. The job seekers ranged from those with minimum (300 hours) and maximum hours of flying experience on Airbus 320. Eighty of the co-pilots in the fray were from KFA as both the airlines operate similar...
Bangalore: General Electric (GE) will make an additional investment of $60 million in its technology centre in Bangalore over the next three years and take the headcount in the centre to 5,000 by the end of this financial year. The centre currently has over 4,500 people doing cutting edge research and development in areas...
To tackle growing complaints of favouritism in various examinations and proficiency checks for pilots, government today directed aviation regulator DGCA to establish an institutional mechanism and standardise procedures to address such grievances. Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh, after a review of the current examination system, directed the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to...
Airport ground handling is basically servicing of an aircraft when it is on the ground and that are parked at a terminal gate of an airport. Ground handling addresses service requirements of an airliner between the time it arrives at a terminal gate and the time it departs on its next flight. The work includes highly...
Hyderabad: GMR Aviation Academy has launched its first batch of three-month International Air Transport Association courses in travel and tourism, airport operations and air cargo at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport here. The academy, which is the aviation training arm of the GMR Group, utilises the airport facilities for hands-on practical training. IATA has...