Global aerospace major Airbus on Wednesday opened its training centre for commercial pilots and maintenance engineers at Haryana’s Gurugram in the National Capital Region (NCR). “Through the centre, we aim to train 8,000 commercial pilots and 2,000 maintenance engineers over…
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India-Singapore to sign pact for skilling Indians in aviation
India and Singapore will sign an agreement for skilling Indian youths in the aviation sector at the Aero India Show next week. Academies will be set up in Bengaluru and other places in India that will act as regional hubs…
SpiceJet to set up pilot-training school to meet growth requirements
New Delhi: SpiceJet will set up a pilot-training school to meet its growth requirements, airline’s Chairman Ajay Singh said on Tuesday. There is a shortage of trained commanders with domestic air traffic growing at 20 per cent and airlines increasing…
Training India’s next generation of female pilots
On a dusty, 3,600-foot-long airstrip in Rajasthan, India, a two-seater white Cessna 152 pivots into position. A few moments later, it’s soaring over the empty desert into a cloudless blue sky. This is the private runway at 1,100-acre Banasthali Vidyapith…
Frankfinn receives the Gold Award for “Best Higher Vocational Institute for Skill Development – 2018”
New Delhi: Frankfinn Institute of Air Hostess Training, the World’s No. 1 Air Hostess Training Institute again made history today. At a glittering function organized by ASSOCHAM in support from Govt. of India at hotel ITC Maurya, New Delhi on…
Helping aviation personnel learn the ropes and build skills
In 2006 Kiran Grandhi, then Managing Director, GMR Hyderabad International Airport Limited, overseeing the opening of the new greenfield airport in Hyderabad, was a worried man. The airport was being built from scratch and there was a desperate need for…
Soon, students to fly twin-engine aircraft
Thiruvananthapuram: Rajiv Gandhi Academy for Aviation Technology plans to begin the operation of its twin-engine aircraft Piper Seneca V aircraft by December. The aircraft was grounded for more than two years at the Academy for overhauling . “Around 99% of…
Blue Ray Aviation, Pacific States Aviation form JV for flight training
Blue Ray Aviation Tuesday said it has taken on board US flight training institute Pacific States Aviation (PSA) for setting up a training facility for pilots, engineers and ground staff in Mehsana district of Gujarat at an initial investment of…
Bird Academy signs on as IATA’s regional training partner
New Delhi: Bird Academy, the education vertical of Bird Group today took a step further in strengthening its position as a regional aviation-learning hub by collaborating with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) in becoming their ‘Regional Training Partner’ in…
Frankfinn Group to enter into 50 international JVs in 2 years
Kolkata: Air hostess training institute, the Frankfinn Group, today said it would enter into 50 international joint ventures in the next two years, with an investment of around Rs 70-110 crore. “We have decided to enter into joint ventures in…