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Navigating Indian Flight Schools: Location, Duration, Cost, and Quality Standards

DGCA exams in India remain the difficult part of flight training. DGCA is finding difficult to take best path.

get your DGCA computer number. Computer number is a unique digital file number created in DGCA that stores your record of exams given and scores obtained

Becoming a Pilot in India. Step by step guide, Courses, fees, salary, Jobs, career, eligibility and more

Best books to prepare for Pilot examination conducted by DGCA. Among many books, we recommend some of the books.

Aviation Job scenario in coming time Aviation is a buzz word and referred to as a happening domain. It actually is a happening field, especially in India, the growth rate of Aviation is significant and overtake growth rate of most other sectors. Aviation market in India is presently growing at a rate of around 16% and a significant positive growth rate is likely to continue for next 20 years. Increasing number of aircraft, airports and traveling passengers can be taken as a p

choosing a flight training venue is a primary question for an aspirant. Advantage of Pilot Training Abroad Vs Flight Training in India

A brand costs many Grands in flight training Many of Airline Pilot aspirants have this question, is cadet Pilot program better. Before coming to a logical answer lets visit few facts. Traditional Flight Training A traditional flight training program begins once an aspirant has passed 10+2 with maths and physics. With medical assessment and other formal requirements in place, he or she can approach a flight school or a ground school to initiate the journey. Theory exams to be

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Not a million dollar question, few million rupees question Wanna learn to fly or you wanna become an Airline Pilot? Contact a flight school & you may find any of the below: Your dream will be realized in no time, just deposit the fee and we will take you to the clouds. We have a fleet of aircraft, incident free records or best of the best instructors. No response of emails or calls. New aircraft on order, they will also start flying soon. Concerned person is not available, ca

crowded airports, long queues and much more… Q stands for Queue, not for Quality.

Awareness about automobile Vs Aircraft You might have witnessed aircraft in Indian Cinema since long time. Why I am referring to Hindi movies is since I have not watched movies of other Indian languages. Foreign travel has been shown in movies for long, may be from 80’s overseas travel has been showcased and some or the other aircraft of Air India or foreign carrier is shown. Usually aircraft shown in those days were Boing 707, 747 or Airbus 300/310 or MD aircraft. Although,

From Run aways to Consolidation of Airlines, perfect weather may be in making A buzz word in late 90’s became a torch bearer for new economics of Airlines. The word is Low Cost Carriers (LCC’s). The idea of making Air Travel affordable for common men. Although, the common men at that point of time has already started to get empowered with more export of services and in-flow of overseas money. As I recollect, LCC’s are getting born and a race started for getting visibility thr

Soaring High, in the sky or on losses?It was summer of 1997, I took an Alliance air flight to Delhi with my Mom, Dad and Brother. Those days online ticketing was not popular, so bought tickets from the Airline Office in the City. Each ticket cost some Rs. 2900-3000. Today, 24 years later, I still get the same sector flight at around Rs. 3500. This amount of Rs. 3500 includes increased Delhi Airport arrival fee. If you can see in 24 years , Airline tickets are hovering around

General Aviation, Not So General in IndiaCivil aviation in India is considered as only scheduled airlines. People in general not know much beyond scheduled airlines or Air force when it comes to Aviation. Whereas fact is as per latest DGCA data i.e. of 2018-19, only one-third of total aircraft registered in India belong to Scheduled airlines. Remaining two-third are distributed primarily among General Aviation. General Aviation refers to part of civil aviation that exclude sc

Fabulous infrastructure of airfields across IndiaMost of us might think that India has a smaller number of airfields. Each state barely has 2-5 airports. Although, reality is little different. India has close to 500 airports / airfields. Many of them are not used now or may be used in past. Vayudoot service when operated in eighties in India used to operate to many of these small and far-flung airports/ airstrips. When we say airfield, it includes airports, airstrips and gras

A reality check on cost of ownership for a small airplane. Most of us find air travel as most happening mode to travel. Surely, aircraft is most fascinating engineering marvel that gets airborne against the law of gravity and takes you to your destination in shorter time. Many of us are curious about what is cost of owning one. Definitely, what can be more fulfilling than owning an airplane once in our lifespan. This blog focuses on owning a piston engine machines used for t

Essential Training Step to Fly Turbine Powered Aircrafts To fly an Airplane with Turbine engines, one needs to be trained on the type of the aircraft to be flown. The reason for such specific training also known as Type rating training is required to familiarize through complex aircraft systems and its performance. Type training is a step that comes once you have your Pilot license in hand which allows you to be a pilot in command. Type training is required for aircraft rangi

Low Visibility Conditions for Airline Pilot aspirants Many of Pilot aspirants have asked questions regarding possible job market scenario for Pilots in coming time due to COVID impact. Therefore, I am summing up my analytics over the same. As we know the before he COVID pandemic hit the world, aviation was booming like never before. Multiple agencies forecast great demand for Pilots. Therefore, many of eligible candidates for Pilot training rush for flying training with dream

One of the best place for Flight TrainingMadhya Pradesh, known as heart of India, offers most of the required resources for flying training. Due to its central location, it is usually well connected to most parts of India. In terms of weather, MP offers fair weather for flying most of the year. Close to 300 days of flying is possible in MP due to strategic location. Further, there are not much airspace restrictions in MP. Moreover, MP offers many state airstrips for flying t