Government of india taken several steps for advancement of the flying training in the india

The Government has taken several steps for advancement of the flying training in the country. These include the following:

  1. Ministry of Civil Aviation has approved liberalised Flying Training Organisation (FTO) guidelines wherein the concept of airport royalty (revenue share payment by FTOs to AAI) has been abolished and land rentals have been significantly rationalised.
  2. (ii) Airports Authority of India (AAI) issued award letters on 31 May 2021 and 29 October 2021 for nine FTOs to be established at five airports i.e. two at Belagavi (Karnataka), two at Jalgaon (Maharashtra), two at Kalaburagi (Karnataka), two at Khajuraho (Madhya Pradesh) and one at Lilabari (Assam).
  3. Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has introduced Online-On Demand Examination (OLODE) for the Aircraft Maintenance Engineers (AME) and Flying Crew (FC) candidates with effect from November 2021. This facility allows candidates to choose the date and time from the available exam slots.
  4. DGCA has modified its regulations to empower Flying Instructors with the right to authorise flight operations at FTOs. This was hitherto restricted to the Chief Flying Instructor (CFI) or Deputy CFIs only.
  5. India’s largest flying academy – Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi (IGRUA) at Amethi (Uttar Pradesh) – has been permitted to carry out pilot training in Gondia (Maharashtra) and Kalaburagi (Karnataka) to enhance its flying hours and aircraft utilisation, which get severely affected during winter months due to low visbility. IGRUA has commenced operating on all weekends and holidays. It completed 19,019 flying hours during the year 2021 as compared to 15,137 hours in the pre-Covid year 2019, an increase of over 25%.

             At present, there are 34 Flying Training Organisations (FTOs) operating at 52 bases as approved by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). List of State Wise Flying training institutes is at Annexure.

Flying Training Institutes are established as per Civil Aviation requirements Section-7, Series-d, Part-I specified by Directorate General of Civil Aviation which are reviewed as per international practices from time to time.

The number of CPLs issued during the last three years is as follows: Year CPLs issued 2019-  744;   2020- 578; 2021-862.

In 2021, after a competitive bidding process, AAI awarded nine FTO slots at five airports at Belagavi (Karnataka), Jalgaon (Maharashtra), Kalaburagi (Karnataka), Khajuraho (Madhya Pradesh) and Lilabari (Assam). Under FTO bidding Round 2, Airports Authority of India (AAI) initiated open tender bidding for 15 FTO slots at 10 Airports viz. Bhavnagar, Cooch Behar, Deoghar, Huballi, Jharsuguda, Kishangarh, Kadappa, Meerut, Salem and Tezu. AAI received bids only for 8 FTOs at 7 Airports namely – Tezu, Kishangarh, Meerut, Kadappa, Hubballi, Bhavnagar, Salem. Deoghar, under Santhal Parganas Division of Jharkhand did not receive any bid. In June 2022, 6 FTO slots were awarded by AAI at five airports namely: 2 slots at Bhavnagar (Gujarat), and one each at Hubballi (Karnataka), Kadappa (Andhra Pradesh), Kishangarh (Rajasthan) and Salem (Tamil Nadu).  These FTOs are expected to be operational by December 2023. Currently, no such proposal has been received in the Ministry of Civil Aviation for setting up new flying training institutes in Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh, Mangaldoi in Assam and Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh.

Annexure

 STATE-WISE LIST OF FLYING TRAINING ORGANISATIONS (AS OF 30TH NOVEMBER 2022)

S NoStateNameAddressAdditional bases
BiharBihar Flying InstitutePatna Airport, Patna
GujaratAhmedabad Aviation & Aeronautics Ltd.,AAA Hangar, Old Terminal Airport, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
GujaratGujarat Flying Club,Vadodara Airport, Gujarat
HaryanaHaryana Institute of Civil AviationCivil Aerodrome, Kunjpura Road, Karnal, Haryana.
  1. Hisar, Haryana
  2. Pinjore, Haryana
HaryanaFSTC Flying School Private LtdChaudhary Bansi Lal Airport,

Bhiwani, Haryana

Narnaul, Haryana
JharkhandAlchemist  Aviation Pvt. Ltd.Jamshedpur, Jharkhand
KarnatakaGovt. Flying Training SchoolJakkur, Bangalore
KarnatakaOrient Flight Aviation AcademyMysore, Karnataka
KeralaRajiv Gandhi Academy for Aviation TechnologyThiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Madhya PradeshChimes Aviation   Academy,Sagar, Madhya Pradesh

 

Madhya PradeshMadhya Pradesh Flying Club, IndoreDevi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport, Civil Aerodrome, Bijasan Road,

Indore, Madhya Pradesh

Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
Madhya PradeshSha-Shib Flying Academy,Guna, Madhya Pradesh

 

MaharashtraAcademy of Carver Aviation,Baramati Airport, Baramati, Maharashtra
MaharashtraBlue Ray AviationBRAPL Hangar, Osmanabad Airport, MaharashtraMahesana, Gujarat
MaharashtraNagpur Flying ClubOffice of the Divisional Commissioner, Civil Lines, Nagpur, Maharashtra.
MaharashtraNational Flying Training Institute, Pvt. Ltd,C/o Airport Authority of India, Birsi Airport, P.O.P; Paraswada,

Gondia, Maharashtra

MaharashtraRedbird Flight Training Academy Pvt. Ltd.Baramati Airport, Baramati, Maharashtra
  1. Seoni, Madhya Pradesh
  2. Lilabari, Assam
  3. Kalaburagi, Karnataka
MaharashtraSVKM NMIMS

Academy of Aviation

Campus-Babulde, Shirpur, Dist. Dhule, Maharashtra
MaharashtraSKYNEX Aero Pvt. Ltd.Jalgaon Airport, Jalgaon, Maharashtra
MaharashtraThe Bombay Flying Club,Juhu Airport, Santacruz (W), Mumbai, Maharashtra
  1. Mumbai, Maharashtra
  2. Dhule, Maharashtra
OdishaGovt. Aviation Training Institute,Directorate of Aviation, Orissa, Civil Aerodrome, Bhubaneshwar, OdishaBirasal, Odisha

 

PunjabPatiala Aviation ClubPatiala, Punjab

 

Amritsar, Punjab
RajasthanBanasthali Vidyapith Gliding Flying ClubBanasthali, Dist. Tonk, Rajasthan

 

TelanganaAsia Pacific Flight Training Academy Ltd.GMR HIAL Airport, Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Shamshabad, Hyderabad, Telangana (2013)
  1. Begumpet Airport, Hyderabad, Telangana (2015)

 

  1. Kalaburagi Airport,  Karnataka (2021)

 

TelanganaFlytech Aviation  Academy,A1-Kauser, Plot No.295, Road No. 10, West Maredpally.

Secunderabad. Telangana

  1. Nadirgul, Telangana
  2. Nagarjun Sagar, Andhra Pradesh
TelanganaTelangana State Aviation Academy,Andhra Pradesh, old Air Port,

Hyderabad, Telangana

TelanganaWings Aviation Pvt. Ltd.,1-11-256/B, Plot No. 108,

Adjacent Airport Road, Begumpet, Hyderabad, Telangana

Uttar PradeshAmbitions Flying Club Pvt. LtdAligarh, Uttar Pradesh

 

Uttar PradeshChetak AviationMS-10, NH-91, Aligarh Airstrip, Dhanipur Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
Uttar PradeshFalcon Aviation AcademyAyodhya, Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh. (Non-operational) (2013)

 

Rewa, Madhya Pradesh (2019)
Uttar PradeshGarg Aviation Ltd. UPHangar No.3dhule, Civil Aerodrome, Cantt.

Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh

Uttar PradeshIndira Gandhi Rashtriya Udan AkademyFursatganj, Dist. Raebareilly, Uttar PradeshGondia, Maharashtra
Uttar PradeshPioneer Flying Academy Pvt. LtdMS-10, NH-91, Dhanipur Airport, Post Panethi, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
Uttar PradeshSaraswati Aviation AcademySultanpur, Amhat Airfield, Uttar Pradesh

Source:  Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)

This information was given by the Minister for Civil Aviation Sh. Jyotiraditya M. Scindia

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