It’s not very often one hears about India trailblazing on issues of gender equality. On the contrary, the country regularly makes headlines for all the wrong reasons when it comes to women: high rape statistics, dowry deaths, and pervasive discrimination.…
Airline hiring drive fuels extra flights hope
Kolkata: AirAsia India is set to significantly increase operations in Kolkata and embark on a major recruitment drive for cabin crew for the new services that will be added during the year, both on domestic and international sectors. “AirAsia India…
Air India recruits Aircraft Maintenance Engineers
Air India Engineering Services Limited (AIESL), the MRO wing of Air India, is conducting walk-in interviews in April 2019 to recruit Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (AME) for: B1 & B2 to cover B737-700/800/900 aircraft fitted with CFM56 engine MRO at Trivandrum…
IndiGo cabin crew walk-in until March 29
IndiGo Airlines is now conducting walk-in interviews at various locations to select cabin crew for their Airbus A320 fleet. Locations and timings: Siliguri 15-Mar-19 8AM-10AM Hotel:Royal Sarovar Portico ,3rd Mile Sevoke Road Gurgaon 16-Mar-19 10AM – 1PM InterGlobe…
Air India recruits experienced cabin crew
Air India now recruits experienced cabin crew (male and female) with Current SEP to be engaged on Fixed Term Contract for a period of five years for its immediate and future requirements at Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad & Bangalore. Last…
Breaking mental barrier important in my field, says country’s first woman aviation firefighter
Kolkata: Kolkata girl Taniya Sanyal loves dancing, reading and is equally adept at handling a major fire in the aviation service. She says a woman doesn’t need to be muscular to break the barrier in male-dominated professions as mental capability…
First woman pilot from Telangana set to become captain
Adilabad: Unlike many others of her age, Ganta Swathi dreamt of making a mark in the skies and it’s become a reality when she became the first woman pilot from the backward Adilabad district. Now, she is poised to become…
Women’s Day 2019: Meet India’s first female fighter jet pilot
Flight Lieutenant Avani Chaturvedi became India’s first female fighter jet pilot along with her cohorts Mohana Singh and Bhawana Kanth in 2016. In 2018, she created history once again by becoming the first female Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot to…
FSTC launches country’s first level D Q400, level D Airbus A320 simulator services
Flight Simulation Technique centre (FSTC) has taken the next big step to service Spice Jet airline and country’s requirement to support the training for pilots on Bombardier Q400 simulator. Countries’ first Level D Q400 simulator is ready for training to…
Flying high, higher still
The sight of planes flying up above, as a young boy growing up in the Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh, instilled a strong desire in Jangam Vageesh to become a pilot. Not only were his dreams fulfilled, at the age…
No pay disparity between male and female pilots, says Captain Shruti Banaji
Captain Shruti Banaji finished her training sessions at about 5 am on Monday and within a few hours, at about 1 in the afternoon, she was back chatting with us. In high spirits, she stood tall and in complete charge.…
‘Airlines to hire 1.9 lakh by 2028’
Notwithstanding the financial issues faced by Jet Airways and Air India, Indian carriers will require an additional 1.09 lakh employees in the next nine years, including 14,000 pilots, to support their growth plans, aviation consulting and research firm Centre for…