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Pune is the third such academy that has been launched after Mumbai and Hyderabad while the group plans to have to have set up in all 12 centres across the country by the end of this year. The Pune branch will be operational by March end. “Aviation sector in India is seeing growth of about 40 per cent. There is boom in the service sector as well. The average room rates have increased by 30 per cent. We have plans of starting similar academies in other cities including Delhi, Chandigarh, Nagpur, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Goa, Kolkata, Guhawati and Indore,” said Rajesh Verma, executive vice president of the Kingfisher Airlines.
Verma said that between Jet Airways and Kingfisher Airlines, there is already a shortage of 600 crew. “In the next two to three months, this demand is going to double because of expansion plans,” said Verma. Currently, the airline has 350 aircrafts. “In the United States, every airline has about 500 air crafts. In India, there will be a great demand for cabin crew with airlines expanding into smaller cities,” Verma said.
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