Aviation academy takes off in Calcutta

Calcutta: To cash in on the recent boom in the aviation industry, Excellence Aviation Academy launched a centre in the city on Wednesday. The academy is the brainchild of Parvez Damania, erstwhile director of Sahara airline and executive director of Kingfisher airline. The centre, in Salt Lake, is the first of its kind in eastern India.
Responding to the growing demand of the aviation industry, a number of institutes like Pailan Aviation Institute, Frankfinn Institute of Airhostess Training, Air Hostess Academy, have come up in the past few years which provide training on various aspects of the aviation industry.
The institute will provide air hostess and flight purser training, airline ground staff courses, aviation security and aviation cargo training and flight dispatcher modules. The pilot training courses are expected to commence by January 2008.
The duration of the courses range from two months to a year. The diploma course will cost Rs 25,000 to Rs 1 lakh. The pilot training course fee will be between Rs 14 and Rs 16 lakh.
03/05/07 The Telegraph