Lok Sabha Question No. 960 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-08
Subject: Pilot Training Centres
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: D. M. Kathir Anand

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION

Lok Sabha

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 960

( TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  8th February 2024 )

## PILOT TRAINING CENTRES

960.    SHRI D.M. KATHIR ANAND Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a)  whether  the  Government  process  to  set  up  flying  schools  and pilot training centres in various parts of the country and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  utilize  the  the  Virtual Reality (VR) Technology and simulative technology to train pilots in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of the benefits likely to be accrued to the students of these pilot schools for career progression in future;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to have any foreign collaboration in this regard; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of (GEN. (DR) V. K. SINGH (RETD))

CIVIL  AVIATION

- a) Flying Training Organisations (FTOs) are allotted land as per their requests, on lease basis subject to availability of land.  The list of FTOs is attached as Annexure A

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). As on 28th December 2023, eight of these FTO slots are operational: two each at Jalgaon and Kalaburagi and one each at Lilabari and Belagavi and two Khajuraho.

In  June  2022,  after  a  competitive  bidding  process,  six  more  FTO slots  were  awarded  by  AAI  at  five  airports  namely:  Bhavnagar (Gujarat), Hubballi (Karnataka), Kadapa (Andhra Pradesh), Kishangarh (Rajasthan) and Salem (Tamil Nadu). Of these FTO slots, one at Salem is operational. (b)  The  simulative  technology  is  being  used  in  simulators  to  train pilots in the country. Virtual Reality (VR) technology is futuristic. (c) The indigenous training by FTOs to whom land is being allotted by  AAI  without  charging  them  any  royalty  or  revenue  sharing  will result  in  cost  cutting  leading  to  competitive  edge  on  the  part  of pricing.  This will save expenditure on account of foreign currency and will also avoid hefty cost for lodging and air ticketing borne by students for training abroad. The  Indian  Aviation  industry  is  one  of  the  fastest  growing  in  the world and hence, opportunities are ample for students of these pilot schools. ; (d) and (e) No such proposal is currently under consideration by this Ministry.

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|   S.No | Name of the Institution                                                                                                                           |
|--------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|      1 | Sha -Shib Flying Academy Guna Airport, Guna -(M.P)- 473001                                                                                        |
|      2 | SVKM's NMIMS Academy of Aviation Shirpur , Shirpur Taluka Dhule, Maharashtra- 425405                                                              |
|      3 | Flytech Aviation Academy Plot 24, 3rd Floor_ Arunodaya Building, Paigah Colony, SP Road, Scunderabad, Telangana - 500003                          |
|      4 | The Bombay Flying Club 502 Avionne Building, Opp Juhu Airports, above SB1 Bank, S V Road, Vile Pane West, Mumbai 400056                           |
|      5 | FSTC Flying School Pvt Ltd Plot No.- 46, HSIIDC, Sector 35. Gurugram, Haryana -122001                                                             |
|      6 | Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi (IGRUA) Fursatgarnj Airfield, Distt Amethi (UP)-Pin-229302                                                   |
|      7 | The Madhya Pradesh Flying Club Ltd. Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Airport lndore (MP)                                                                    |
|      8 | Saraswati Aviation Academy Amhat Airfield, National Highway-56, Nassar Gunj, Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh 228001                                      |
|      9 | Wings Aviation Pvt. Ltd. C/o *1-11-301/3, A. U. Reddy Towers, Gagan Vihar Colony, Adjacent Begumpet Airport, Hyderabad -500016, Telangana, India  |
|     10 | National Flying Training Institute Cio Airports Authority of India, Birsi Airport, PG Paraswada, Gondia, Maharashtra- 441614                      |
|     11 | Asia Pacific Flight Training Academy Limited GMR Aero Towers, Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Shamshabad, Hyderabad -500108, Telangana, India |
|     12 | Academy of Carver Aviation Pvt_ Ltd. Plot no. P-50. Baramati Airport, M.1.D.C. lindustrial Area, Baramati, Pune-413133                            |
|     13 | Alchemist Aviation Private Limited Sonari Airport, Jamshedpur; Jharkhand-831011                                                                   |
|     14 | Government Aviation Training institute. Birasal Airstrip, AT( PO- Birasal, Dist.- Ohenkanal, Odisha.                                              |
|     15 | Patiala Aviation Club (Patiala Club) SGRDJ International Airport, P.O. Rajasansi, Amritsar                                                        |
|     16 | Orient Flights Aviation Academy Hangar no 03. Mysore Airport, Mandakalli Post, Mysore 571311                                                      |
|     17 | Nagpur Flying Club Hangar No. 01, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport, Nagpur 44005                                                      |
|     18 | Ambitions Flying Club Pvt, Ltd. Karad-Patan Road, Karad Airport, Distt.- Satara (415 124). Maharashtra                                            |
|     19 | Garg Aviations Ltd. Hangar No.3, Civil Aerodrome, Cantonment, Kanpur-208004                                                                       |
|     20 | Chimes Aviation Academy Chimes Aviation Academy, Dhana Airstrip, Dhana, Dist. Sagar, Madhya Pradesh- 470228                                       |
|     21 | Telangana State Aviation Academy Old Airport Road, Near New Bowenpally, Hyderabad- 500011                                                         |
|     22 | Falcon Aviation Academy B-4/172, Safdarjung Enclave. New Delhi- 110029                                                                            |
|     23 | Banasthali Vidyapith Gliding and Flying Club P.O. Banasthali Vidyapith, Teh. Newai, Distt. Tonk (Rajasthan) 304022                                |
|     24 | Bihar Flying Club Cabinet Secretariat Department Government of Bihar Patna Airport, Patna - 14                                                    |

|   25. | Redbird Flight Training Academy, Airport, Baramati, Maharashtra 413133                                                                     |
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|    26 | Chetak Aviation Dhanipur Air Strip, MS-10, NH-91, Post Panethi. Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh 202125                                              |
|    27 | Blue Ray Aviation Pvt Ltd., Wall street Annex, above JB Banquet, Near Gujarat College, Ellisbridge, Ahmedabad- 380006                      |
|    28 | The Gujarat Flying Club Vadodara, Hanger # 1 Civil Aerodrome, Harni Road. Hami, Vadodara, Gujarat 390022                                   |
|    29 | Rajiv Gandhi Academy for Aviation Technology, Trivandrum International Airport Chackai ITI Jn Beach P.O. Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala 695007 |
|    30 | Global Konnect Aviation Services Pvt. Ltd. Civil Aerorome Pantnagar. Dist U.S Nagar, Uttarakhand-263145                                    |
|    31 | Haryana Institute of Civil Aviation Kalvehri, Kunjpura Rd. Budha Khera, Kama', Haryana 132001                                              |
|    32 | Skynex Aero Pvt. Ltd. Jalgaon Airport Jalgaon Maharashtra 425003                                                                           |
|    33 | Jet Serve Aviation Pvt. Ltd. Indraprastha Aerospace &Knowledge Park, Delhi- Jaipur National Highway (NH08), Sector 77, Gurugram HR-122004  |
|    34 | Ekvi Air Training Organisation Pvt. Ltd. Site B, Salem Airport, Kamalapuram, Omalur Taluk, Dist - Salem, Tamilnadu 636309                  |
|    35 | Dunes Aviation Academy (a unit of Ganpat Care Foundation) GCF hanger, Bhavnagar Airport, Bhavnagar, Gujarat- 364001                        |
|    36 | Indian Flying Academy (A unit of Shaurya Flight Sim Pvt. Ltd.) Hanger no 2. Khajuraho Airport, Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh- 471606.          |