2 flying schools to be set up in Salem

Salem:Two flying schools are all set to establish branches here and the hitherto dormant Salem airport is gearing up for some hectic activity in the days to come.
Disclosing this to Express on Friday, a top official from the Airports Authority of India (AAI) said that Bangalore-based Kohinoor Flying Academy and the International Flying School — a transnational organisation have bagged the tender for establishing flying schools including Salem.
The source noted that the two flying schools propose to have five training aircrafts each. Varied versions of Cessnas and Piper aircraft would be brought in a ph ased manner.
24/10/09 G Rajasekaran/ExpressBuzz