Frankfinn Diploma in Aviation, Hospitality and Travel Management

Diploma in Aviation, Hospitality and Travel Management, a Level 5 Qualification as per UK National Qualification Framework

Aviation, hospitality and travel industries are in for exponential growth. The aviation industry is expected to grow at a compounded annual growth rate of over 25%. India needs 400 airports and 300 aircraft in the next decade. Also, the hospitality industry is one of the fastest growing sectors in the country. According to the tourism ministry, hotels in India will have a shortfall of 150,000 rooms. This sector is expected to be the second largest employer in the world by 2019. No other industry offers career benefits and payment packages as lucrative as these industries. In fact, cabin crew hired by international airlines stand to earn salaries as high os Rs. 70,000* per month.

Frankfinn Diploma in Aviation, Hospitality and Travel Management

DURATION
12 Months (Two hours a day, Five days a week) 18 Months (Two hours a day, Three days a week)

ELIGIBILITY Age: 17 to 24 years. 12th pass and above, having a pleasing personality and good communication skills.
The selection will be on the basis of personal interviews

How to Go for Pilot Training In India

Pilot Training Institutes train an individual on the various skills required to fly an aircraft. It teaches a pilot the process of flying an aircraft through the air with proper direction and control. It also teaches the students to understand the weather forecasts. A qualified pilot is supposed to be an expert in leading his crew and the passengers even in trying circumstances and a leader par excellence. Besides academic qualifications, a commercial pilot should have a sound mind in a healthy body, lot of courage, determination and self-confidence. There are quite a good number of flying schools in India that are recognized by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation and provide excellent training to individuals aspiring to become pilots.

Pilot training institutes in India
Popular Pilot Training Institutes in India One of the most reputed commercial pilot training institutes in India is the Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Academy at Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh. Some other Commercial Pilot Training Institutes in the country are Amritsar Aviation Club, Academy of Carver Aviation Pvt. Ltd, Andhra Pradesh Flying Club, Assam Flying Club, Bangalore Aeronautics Technical Services, Mysore Aerodrome in Karnataka, Flying Club in Indore, Flytech Aviation Academy and West Bengal Flying Training Institute.

Benefits of these Pilot Training Courses
Pilots trained in the commercial pilot training institutes in India can fly both passenger planes and cargo planes. A commercial pilot should be well aware of his responsibilities which include mastery and control over the equipments and machines he handles, the ability to chart out flight timings and schedules and above all the dexterity and mental strength to land an aircraft to safety. With the opening up of the private sector for airline operations, the opportunities for commercial pilots have amplified by leaps and bounds leading to increase in the popularity of commercial pilot training courses in India.

Eligibility Required for Pilot Training Courses
A candidate desirous of enrolling in pilot training institutes in India should pass his/her Higher Secondary Examination with at least 50% marks in Physics and Mathematics and should be over 17 years of age. The entrance test for a Private Pilot License course is taken on subjects like English, General Knowledge, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.Applications for this test have to be sent to the Director General of Civil Aviation, Safdarjang Airport, New Delhi 110003 in the month of April.

Scope for Commercial Pilots in Abroad
With globalization, economic liberalization and a boom in the aviation industry, jobs as commercial pilots are available in airline companies outside India also. However, a commercial pilot needs to have a certificate for flying in the country he chooses. With the highest number of airlines, the US is the most desired destination for most commercial pilots. Even UK, Australia and some European countries can also be happy hunting grounds for ambitious commercial pilots

Kerala govt to take call on second airport in Kozhikode: AAI

Kozhikode: The Airport Authority of
India is ready to conduct feasibility
study on the demand for a new
international greenfield airport in
Kozhikode district if the Kerala
government comes up with the proposal, a top AAI official said here.
"There is reasonable growth potential
available even in the present airport.
But always another airport, if possible,
in the country is welcome," V P
Agarwal, Chairman, Airport Authority of India, said.
"The call is to be taken by the state
government whether they want it and
how they want it. If the state
government wants us to do the study,
we will do the study," he said. The existing Kozhikode International
Airport at nearby Karripur, is a 'critical'
airport, he said, adding that does not
mean the airport is unsafe to operate.
"By no standard, it is unsafe we are
having sufficient protection for the safe operations at the Kozhikode
airport," he said.
Kozhikode airport is presently
operating at 2.2 million (passenger)
capacity and comfortably could go
upto 20 million. "There is reasonable growth potential," he said.

SpiceJet looks to raise Rs 400 crore through a share offering

Mumbai: Low-cost carrierSpiceJet is
looking at raising funds through a
share offering, its top official said.
PromoterKalanithi Maran pledged a
large chunk of his holding 10 days
back to raise Rs 200 crore for the cash-strapped airline.
"A rights issue can be one option the
company might consider," SpiceJet
CEONeil Mills said, adding that
merchant banker Enam has been
appointed to suggest options and methods of getting capital into the
airline.
Mills, who spoke to ET on the phone
from Goa, did not disclose how much
the airline was looking at raising but
bankers said it could be Rs 400 crore through offering of shares. The carrier
hopes to conclude the process by the
end-December.
There have been concerns that Maran,
whose Sun TV network is under the
scanner for alleged financial irregularities, might look for an exit
from SpiceJet as he might not be able
to sustain losses, which are part of an
airline's cyclical business, for long
under these circumstances.
Industry insiders expect Gurgaon- headquartered SpiceJet to post a loss
of Rs 50-100 crore in the first quarter
of this financial year. The carrier made
a profit of 101 crore in FY10-11 but
posted a loss of Rs 59 crore in its last
quarter, as opposed to a profit of Rs 29 crore in last quarter of the previous
financial year

Jet, Indigo, Kingfisher and others worried on Air India Fare cut

Mumbai: National
carrier Air India's
move to lower fares by up to 20% on
certain routes since January this year
to prop up its falling market share is
making other airlines see red as they face the prospect of taking a hit on
their profits. Airlines are worried that the national
carrier's dash for market share has
come at a time when oil prices have
risen to record highs due to the Libyan
crisis, raising their operational costs as
much as 50% in some cases. " Air India is offering all their seats at
prices that are lying at the bottom of
the yield bucket. They are reducing
fares by as much as.`1,000 and
competing with us by dropping fares,
especially on the Delhi-Mumbai routes," said the CEO of a low-cost
airline who did not wish to be
identified. "A drop of .`100 in yield will
bleed airlines by .`3 crore." Despite having the largest fleet, Air
India was recently overtaken by low-
cost airline IndiGo in terms of market
share. The national carrier has a
market share of 15%. It has long
lagged behind Jet and Kingfisher , the two large sector airlines. Air India's
move has had some impact in
January-March 2011 quarter, say
analysts. "Air India has dropped fares in the last
quarter by 20%-30%. This forced
other airlines to follow suit. With fuel
costs up by more than 40%, this drop
in fares by Air India has become a
game changer for the fourth quarter of the last financial year," said Kapil
Kaul , CEO, (Indian sub-continent &
Middle East), CAPA. Air India defends the strategy by
saying that its market share has gone
up and it has become competitive.

Pilots win nothing, Air India Losses 150 crores

New Delhi: After 10
days of hard
bargaining, striking Air India (AI)
pilots patched up with the
government on Friday with the former
gaining hardly anything in the process but causing the bleeding national
carrier losses of more than Rs 150
crore and further denting its
reputation. With the pilots calling off
their strike, AI will resume domestic
services from midnight of Friday. The Indian Commercial Pilots
Association (ICPA) - which has as its
members 700 pilots belonging to the
former Indian Airlines - had declared a
strike from the midnight April 26-27. They were joined by another 200-odd
management pilots a day later,
crippling AI's domestic network. The AI management had sacked
seven pilots, suspended seven others
and derecognised the ICPA. So, after the 10-day face-off with the
government, all that the pilots got was
re-recognition of their association and
reinstatement of the sacked and
suspended pilots. The decision to call off the strike hasn't
gone down well with a section of ICPA
pilots and there was a clear split in its
ranks. "We are back to square one. The
government hasn't conceded an inch
and we, on the other hand, have lost
10 days' pay and an assurance of a
salary of 60-hours. What was the point
of doing all this?" a pilot asked. ICPA general secretary Rishabh Kapur
conceded that they hadn't got any
commitment on the allowances ICPA
had demanded. He said implementation of the report
of the justice (Retd) Dharmadhikari
Committee - which is looking into
issues of wage rationalisation and
level mapping - would be shared with
them by November.

Empire Aviation Group to begin operations in India

Dubai: Empire
Aviation Group
(EAG), a Dubai-based private aviation
specialist and operator of one of the
West Asian ' s largest managed fleets of business jets, has announced plans to
start operations in India, with the
opening of a new branch office in
Mumbai by mid-2011. The new branch — the company' s first operational base outside Dubai — will eventually offer the full range of
Empire Aviation Group services in the
subcontinent and will have an initial
focus on aircraft sales and
management. The announcement was timed to
coincide with the inaugural Kerala
Aircraft Static Display Show 2011 held
in Kozhikode where the company will
have an exhibit highlighting its range
of aviation services and featuring a Hawker 800XP business jet that EAG is
marketing on behalf of its owner. Mr Steve Hartley, Executive Director at
Empire Aviation Group, said this is the
right time to enter the Indian aviation
market, as private jet registrations
have continued to rise strongly over
the last three years. " Market reports suggest that there are around 130-140 private jets currently
based in the market, covering all the
major manufacturers.

Frankfinn Institute

After having established itself as the world' s number one airhostess training institute, Frankfinn Institute of
Airhostess Training is now eyeing
overseas markets and is in the midst of
freezing plans to foray into the Middle-
East.
While it already has an operation in Dubai, it is now eyeing other parts of
the Middle-East, where its Chairman, K
S Kohli, scents an immense potential
for its services. " We are the number one airhostess training institute. Now
we want to expand our footprint
globally," Kohli said. With this view, it has set up Frankfinn Institute of Air
Hostess Training FZ LLC and launched
its operations in Dubai. " Soon we propose to enter other Middle-East
markets, " he said. Frankfinn also has a presence in Mauritius and Hong Kong.
Frankfinn Institute of Air Hostess
Training is a division of Frankfinn
Aviation Services.