Air India announced the establishment of South Asia’s largest university on social media, aiming to train more than 50,000 professionals.
Tata Group-owned Air India on Thursday announced the opening of a 600,000 square foot integrated aviation training academy in Gurugram, Haryana, making it the largest academy in South Asia.
Once completed, more than 50,000 aviation professionals will be trained at the aviation academy to start working in the next few years, Air India said in a press release.
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The training school will train not only pilots but also pilots, ground personnel, engineering personnel and working security guards. The Indian Aviation Aviation Academy is expected to become operational next year.
Air India wrote in FFS that Air India will support the current and future Airbus and Boeing fleet and ensure crews are prepared for future flights. “An Aircraft Maintenance Engineering (AME) school designed to provide quality training to engineering students in aviation operations.
The Air India facility will include 20 flight simulator (FFS) bays to simulate the conditions of the existing fleet of the airline, the required 20 FFS’ It partnered with Airbus to build 10 of the aircraft.
Airbus announced in its statement that the training center will become operational in early 2025 with the first installation of four A320 FFS. Training Center, Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and will have courses approved by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).
Air India’s newest aircraft, the Airbus A350 VT JRA, was launched on Thursday in Civil Aviation It came to the limelight at the Wings India 2024 program when it was unveiled to the country by Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia.
The A350-900, which has a non-stop flight time of 16-17 hours, is one of the 70 aircraft ordered by Air India.Strengthening Air India’s market position. It is fuel efficient by burning 25% less fuel than the previous model.
Sponsored by Tata Group, Air India welcomed its first Airbus A350 in December last year within the scope of its order for 470 aircraft. The new aircraft must be licensed for domestic flights by the end of this month.
