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...
Symbiotics Ltd, leading international specialists in human performance assessment, pilot selection and training solutions, has signed a 5 year contract to provide Wings Aviation Careers (WAC), with ADAPT (TM) as a part of their Cadet Ready Screening Program. Wings Aviation Careers run a unique and successful cadet ready program, providing airlines with excellent ab...
Where are you from, Ahmed? Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. I’m Jeddah based. What are the requirements to become a flight attendant for Saudi Airlines? High school minimum, English language (reading writing and spoken fluent), minimum age is 19, maximum age is 35, flight attendant diploma or courses has a priority. How long was your...
New Delhi: The Futehally family was perhaps way beyond times. In the early 1960s, when few women would even think of pursuing a hobby, Mumbai-based Rabia Futehally chose flying as her pastime. With the support from her father, brothers and husband, she climbed into the cockpit of a Piper PA-18, a twin-seater aircraft and...
A dearth of talent continues to weigh on India’s nascent defence and aerospace industry. “Sourcing talent for the sector is going to become a bigger challenge now because a lot of defence related programmes are drawing to a close,” says Kunal Girap, Director, WalkWater, a talent advisory services firm. India raised its defence budget...
Following the agitation of the students of Aveon Inn Aviation Academy and their parents alleging that they have been cheated of the fees they have paid, the police have registered a case against the owner of the institution, Praveen G Thambi, of Bangalore, and four others. Aluva centre coordinator Bipin and four others, including...
Kochi: Students who have been promised BBA and MBA degrees with specialisation in aviation management have been cheated by an institution here. The Aveon Inn Aviation Academy, the franchisee of a Bangalore-based educational institution, has promised business degrees and post-graduate management degrees with specialisation in aviation and airport management to over 10 students on...