Airhostesses land in hotels

Jamshedpur: Even if dreams are lofty for aspiring airhostesses, they are taking a back seat for the time being.Students, who have been urging to work with the most renowned aviation industries both in domestic and international sectors, are now switching on to the hospitality segment for sometime. For, the latter is recruiting more with a promising future than the former.
“Times have improved compared to the last few months and the hospitality industry is recruiting more than the aviation one. Although aviation remains the first choice, students are feeling the hospitality to be the second best option for sometime after which they can switch over,” said Ravi Shankar Roy, the centre head of Frankfinn Institute of Airhostess Training.
However, officials of airhostess training institutes said that times had improved in the past few weeks. Compared to a couple of companies, there have been about three companies in a single month. The recent batch of Frankfinn has also witnessed better placements in both aviation and the hotel industries.
A few aviation companies like Atlasjet, Indigo, SpiceJet and Malaysia Airlines have also come their way.
The highest package has been offered by Atlasjet with about Rs 75,000 per month, while the average package for the institutes have been Rs 35,000 per month. The lowest was Rs 15,000.
Though there was much speculation on placements, students are now feeling better about their second option: hospitality. They feel that aviation is always the first choice but since times are bad, they don’t have to sit idle and have decent opportunities in hand.
06/04/09 Antara Bose/The Telegraph