IndiGo, India’s leading carrier, is pleased to announce their partnership with Chimes Aviation Academy (CAA) to select and train ab-initio pilots as future Junior First Officers under the airline’s flagship training programme – Cadet Pilot Programme. The programme is designed…
Category: Pilots
Man misses pilot’s job, drags authorities to court, seeks Rs 98.70-crore damages
A 43-year-old Commercial Pilot Licence (CPL) holder since 1999 has filed a damages suit of Rs 98.70 crore at the Chandigarh district courts against the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Director General Civil Aviation (DGCA), Haryana Civil Aviation Department, Haryana Institute…
Odisha: 23-year-old tribal becomes first woman pilot from Malkangiri district
Bhubaneswar: Her dream to touch the sky has catapulted a tribal woman from Odisha’s Maoist-hit Malkangiri district to become the first female pilot from the backward region. Twenty-three-year-old Anupriya Lakra’s dream of becoming a pilot has become a reality seven…
IndiGo Cadet Pilot Program Teaches You to Fly an Aircraft in Just 17 Months
Here is good news for those planning to have a career in the aviation industry, here is an opportunity waiting for you. Gul Panag who holds a Private Pilot Licence took to Twitter and shared about an opportunity to become…
IndiGo partners with Insight Aviation for pilots training
Budget carrier IndiGo said on August 2 it has appointed the Insight Aviation to select and trainpilots under its cadet pilot programme, which is designed and aimed at meeting the airlines growing demand for the flight crew amid its aircraft…
SpiceJet targets 33% female pilots in its crew as airlines get accused of paying ‘lip service’ to diversity
A year after Qatar Airways boss’ remark that a woman could not do his job drew scathing criticism, airline executives called out the industry for paying only “lip service” to diversity and not pushing to get more women out of…
Indians holding foreign CPL to get local flying permit easily
New Delhi: Indians holding a foreign commercial pilot’s licence (CPL) would soon find it easier to get a flying permit in the country. Aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has decided to amend the existing clause in the…
SpiceJet recruits CPL holders and experienced pilots
SpiceJet is now recruiting CPL holders to appoint as Non Type Rated Trainee First Officers for its Boeing 737 and Q-400 fleet. The airline is also looking for Trainee Captain / Transition Captain for its Q400 fleet. 1. Non Type…
Who was Mrs Sen? The search for the first woman to fly in India
India was introduced to aviation in the year 1910 – this much is known. According to most records, humans took the skies for the first time at an exhibition headlined by British aviator Walter Windham in Allahabad on December 10,…
Apply now to be a Trainee B737 NG Captian with Air India Express
Air India Express, the low cost arm of Air India, has invited applications from Type Rated Experienced B 737 NG Pilots for the post of Trainee Captain to fill up vacancies at different bases in their network. The selection will…