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Qatar Airways and the India-based National Flying Training Institute (NFTI) have signed a memorandum of understanding for the provision and placement of commercial pilots from India at the airline as entry level second officers. The agreement, signed on the opening day of the India Aviation Air Show 2010, the second International Exhibition and Conference on Civil Aviation in Hyderabad, is

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CFM International's fourth CFM56 maintenance training centre has opened in Hyderabad in India to support its customers in the country and the region. This facility mirrors those in China, France and the USA and will provide hands-on training for the maintenance of CFM56-5B and CFM56-7B engines, says the engine manufacturer. When fully operational, the centre will have the capacity to train 500

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Hyderabad: Carver Aviation, a part of European Aviation, Friday announced it would buy 10 more Comprehensive Trauma Life Support (CTLS) light-sport aircraft for its pilot training schools in India.Marc Carvalho, chief executive officer, Carver Aviation, told reporters during India Aviation 2010 event here that they had already purchased two twin-seater CTLS, one of which was displayed at the

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Glendale, Arizona: The Arizona Flight Training Center, launched operations in Glendale,Arizona on February 1st, 2010. The new flight school is based at the Glendale Municipal Airport and offers a full compliment of ratings from flight instructors who individually have over 2000 hours of flight experience.The demand for commercial pilots worldwide is steadily increasing, as the economic recovery

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New Delhi: The Ministry of Civil Aviation has invested capital in modernizing and augmenting the ageing fleet and infrastructure of Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Academy (IGRUA) and has formalized a management contract with the global aviation giant CAE to bring international standardized modern methodology of aviation training, thereby upgrading the quality of training imparted to pilots and

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CAE announced at Helicopter Association International's (HAI) HELI-EXPO 2010 that Bell Helicopter is providing aircraft systems and performance data and technical support for the Bell 412 training programs which CAE will begin offering this summer in Mexico and Bangalore, India.CAE is locating a suite of Bell 412 training tools in Mexico, including a CAE 7000 Series Level D full-flight simulator

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New Delhi: Thanks to the economic revival, the Indian aviation industry has taken off again, overcoming fears of being grounded for long by the threat posed by last year’s slowdown. The massive growth in past two months, led by December’s record figure of 33% and January’s 23%, has led to airlines again looking at expanding their fleet and stepping up on the hiring front.Budget carriers are very

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New Delhi: India's first helicopter training academy with facility to train pilots on simulators will be launched by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited and Canada-based CAE in Bangalore by middle of this year."The Helicopter Academy to Train by Simulation of Flying (HATSOFF) will come up with the installation of first simulator by middle of this year," the Academy's chief executive officer Wing

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Rajeev Pratap Rudy, Rajya Sabha MP and BJP national spokesperson is aware that politics does not have space for anything else. Which is why he is extremely guarded about his passion for flying — lest it scuttle his political prospects.But the glint of pride is evident when he reveals his commercial pilot license number, 5682, issued by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation two years ago.“I

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A Bahrain girl has received her commercial pilot's licence. Indian Shruthi Sathish, aged 18 years and three months, is thought to be the youngest pilot in the region to get this qualification.She studied at The Indian School and completed her Class 12 last April.Shruthi then joined a nine-month course in Commercial Pilot Training at the Delta Air International Aviation Academy in the

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Pawan Hans Helicopters Limited, a premier Public Sector Undertaking and India's largest helicopter company is now looking for experienced Helicopter Pilots to appoint on contract basis.Qualification CAPTAIN: ALTP (H) or CHPL + 2550 hrs on Helicopters including 1000 hrs as PIC having current endorsement on helicopters operated by the Company. OFFICER-II/I: ALTP (H) or Commercial Helicopters Pilots

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Bangalore: After a year of turbulence, the aviation sector is now seeing a resurgence in hiring.With passenger load factors having increased by 30% in the last quarter over the same quarter a year ago, and with further growth expected, some airlines, especially the low-cost carriers, are going in for an expansion. Moreover, airlines that had downsized their capacity last year are now thinking of

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New Delhi: Domestic carriers Jet Airways and Air India have asked the aviation regulator for more time for replacing expat pilots with locals.The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), responsible for formulation and enforcement of civil air regulations, had asked all airlines to replace foreign pilots by July 31 as the slowdown in the sector had rendered several domestic pilots jobless.

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Mumbai: Kingfisher Airlines, owned by the flamboyant tycoon Vijay Mallya, has seen 40 of its senior pilots quit over the past month as a cut in the number of planes and routes limits opportunities, multiple sources in the company said.A total of 100 pilots have left the company in the past year, 16% of its total strength of 600. The Kingfisher spokesperson confirmed that the pilots had resigned,

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Alliance Air, a wholly owned subsidiary of NACIL, is now looking for type rated / experienced pilots on Boeing-737, CRJ-700 and ATR 42-320 aircraft in P1 category. Applicants should be Indian nationals and should meet the following eligibility criteria for the respective posts:Boeing-737 CommanderPIC endorsement on B737 -200 type of AircraftORATPL holders having endorsement of B-737-200 type of

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More than a decade after hitting an air pocket in 1997, the 60-year-old Government Flying School (GFS) at Jakkur is getting back to its prime objective of providing the much-sought pilot training to young aspirants from across the state.Speaking to Bangalore Mirror, sports and youth affairs minister Goolihatti Shekhar said, “Preparations are underway and by February the school will start

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New Delhi: The leading low-cost carrier SpiceJet today said it is planning to hire about 140-150 employees to meet the manpower requirements for the four new aircraft it would add this year, besides flying abroad."We will hire about 100 flight attendants and 40 pilots for the four aircraft we plan to acquire this year," SpiceJet chief executive Sanjay Aggarwal said.The carrier currently has a

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Chandigarh: To give impetus to flying in Punjab, the State Civil Aviation Department has been allotted one twin engine trainer aircraft Beech Hawker Baron G58 by Aero Club of India. The aircraft has been positioned at Amritsar Aviation Club.Disclosing this here today a spokesman of the Chief Minister’s office said that Baron G58 was equipped with full Digitized Glass Cockpit, which would enable

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New Delhi: BJP spokesman and Rajya Sabha member Rajiv Pratap Rudy is the first MP who has turned a commercial pilot and that too at a ripe age of 47.There have been earlier instances of pilots turning to politics and entering Parliament. Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was the most illustrative example followed by his buddy and one-time co-pilot Satish Sharma. The late Rajesh Pilot was also a

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Night outs, movies, hotels, parties...all this and more fascinated 23-year-old Patna-based Rachna Pandey when she came to Mumbai on holiday in 1989. Despite her parents’ disapproval (they wanted to marry her off), Rachna joined a foreign airline. She began earning somewhere around Rs 50,000 per month, and suddenly there were frequent foreign trips, stays at five-star hotels, trendy clothes,

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Gurgaon: Buoyed by a spurt in air-traffic numbers, low cost carrier Spicejet today said it is lifting freeze on salary hikes imposed last year, while it plans to raise up to $ 75 million to fund future growth.The airline also plans to hire about 100 flight attendants and 40 pilots for the four aircraft it plans to acquire this year."We have started performance appraisals this month... we are

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For all those aspiring to be pilots, the going is getting tougher. Earlier, a simple commercial pilot’s licence (CPL) and a multi-engine rating was enough for a candidate to qualify for an interview in an airline. Once selected, he would be trained by the airline for type rating, i.e, to learn to fly the specific type of plane it had. Now, some airlines want only type rated pilots. Sadly, this

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Result of AME licence examination December 2009 1st special session is published at the DGCA website.The last date of submission of applications of candidates failed in Paper-1 of Dec-2009 session is 22 January 2010.15/01/10 DGCA

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Denison, Texas: There is new information on Air Safety Flight Academy, which announced yesterday that all operations were temporarily suspended.Nine international students say ASFA owes them thousands of dollars, part of it for visa extensions they never got. The students from India did not want to appear on camera because their I-94 visas are expired.The students say ASFA took $9,000 from them

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The hangar at Air Safety Flight Academy was shut Tuesday, and while a few students still walked the dormitory halls, Air Safety Flight Academy's vice president said flight school is out, maybe until fall.Backed by more than $100,000 in economic development incentives from Sherman, Denison and Pottsboro, Air Safety Flight Academy began flight training operations in November at North Texas Regional

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