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 30^TH NOVEMBER 2022)

S No	State	Name	Address	Additional bases
	Bihar	Bihar Flying Institute	Patna Airport, Patna
	Gujarat	Ahmedabad Aviation & Aeronautics Ltd.,	AAA Hangar, Old Terminal Airport, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
	Gujarat	Gujarat Flying Club,	Vadodara Airport, Gujarat
	Haryana	Haryana Institute of Civil Aviation	Civil Aerodrome, Kunjpura Road, Karnal, Haryana.	Hisar, Haryana Pinjore, Haryana
	Haryana	FSTC Flying School Private Ltd	Chaudhary Bansi Lal Airport, Bhiwani, Haryana	Narnaul, Haryana
	Jharkhand	Alchemist  Aviation Pvt. Ltd.	Jamshedpur, Jharkhand
	Karnataka	Govt. Flying Training School	Jakkur, Bangalore
	Karnataka	Orient Flight Aviation Academy	Mysore, Karnataka
	Kerala	Rajiv Gandhi Academy for Aviation Technology	Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
	Madhya Pradesh	Chimes Aviation   Academy,	Sagar, Madhya Pradesh
	Madhya Pradesh	Madhya Pradesh Flying Club, Indore	Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport, Civil Aerodrome, Bijasan Road, Indore, Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
	Madhya Pradesh	Sha-Shib Flying Academy,	Guna, Madhya Pradesh
	Maharashtra	Academy of Carver Aviation,	Baramati Airport, Baramati, Maharashtra
	Maharashtra	Blue Ray Aviation	BRAPL Hangar, Osmanabad Airport, Maharashtra	Mahesana, Gujarat
	Maharashtra	Nagpur Flying Club	Office of the Divisional Commissioner, Civil Lines, Nagpur, Maharashtra.
	Maharashtra	National Flying Training Institute, Pvt. Ltd,	C/o Airport Authority of India, Birsi Airport, P.O.P; Paraswada, Gondia, Maharashtra
	Maharashtra	Redbird Flight Training Academy Pvt. Ltd.	Baramati Airport, Baramati, Maharashtra	Seoni, Madhya Pradesh Lilabari, Assam Kalaburagi, Karnataka
	Maharashtra	SVKM NMIMS Academy of Aviation	Campus-Babulde, Shirpur, Dist. Dhule, Maharashtra
	Maharashtra	SKYNEX Aero Pvt. Ltd.	Jalgaon Airport, Jalgaon, Maharashtra
	Maharashtra	The Bombay Flying Club,	Juhu Airport, Santacruz (W), Mumbai, Maharashtra	Mumbai, Maharashtra Dhule, Maharashtra
	Odisha	Govt. Aviation Training Institute,	Directorate of Aviation, Orissa, Civil Aerodrome, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha	Birasal, Odisha
	Punjab	Patiala Aviation Club	Patiala, Punjab	Amritsar, Punjab
	Rajasthan	Banasthali Vidyapith Gliding Flying Club	Banasthali, Dist. Tonk, Rajasthan
	Telangana	Asia Pacific Flight Training Academy Ltd.	GMR HIAL Airport, Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Shamshabad, Hyderabad, Telangana (2013)	Begumpet Airport, Hyderabad, Telangana (2015)   Kalaburagi Airport,  Karnataka (2021)
	Telangana	Flytech Aviation  Academy,	A1-Kauser, Plot No.295, Road No. 10, West Maredpally. Secunderabad. Telangana	Nadirgul, Telangana Nagarjun Sagar, Andhra Pradesh
	Telangana	Telangana State Aviation Academy,	Andhra Pradesh, old Air Port, Hyderabad, Telangana
	Telangana	Wings Aviation Pvt. Ltd.,	1-11-256/B, Plot No. 108, Adjacent Airport Road, Begumpet, Hyderabad, Telangana
	Uttar Pradesh	Ambitions Flying Club Pvt. Ltd	Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
	Uttar Pradesh	Chetak Aviation	MS-10, NH-91, Aligarh Airstrip, Dhanipur Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
	Uttar Pradesh	Falcon Aviation Academy	Ayodhya, Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh. (Non-operational) (2013)	Rewa, Madhya Pradesh (2019)
	Uttar Pradesh	Garg Aviation Ltd. UP	Hangar No.3dhule, Civil Aerodrome, Cantt. Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
	Uttar Pradesh	Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Udan Akademy	Fursatganj, Dist. Raebareilly, Uttar Pradesh	Gondia, Maharashtra
	Uttar Pradesh	Pioneer Flying Academy Pvt. Ltd	MS-10, NH-91, Dhanipur Airport, Post Panethi, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
	Uttar Pradesh	Saraswati Aviation Academy	Sultanpur, 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 to a question in Lok Sabha today.

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