Best Flying Schools in India: Admission, Fees & More

Do you want to become a Commercial Pilot? If yes, this article will be of help to you. Here, I’ve listed some of the best flying schools in India. The best thing about these flying schools is that they charge relatively lower fees. The reason for relatively low fees is subsidy provided by these schools.

To become a commercial pilot, one must obtain CPL (Commercial Pilot License). To obtain CPL, one must obtain flying training from an institute recognized by the DGCA.

The training institute where flying training is provided is called a flying school. In India, there are many Government operated as well as privately run flying schools and clubs.

To obtain CPL, a candidate must complete 200 flying hours at a flying school. In short, flying schools are very important, when it comes to obtaining a CPL!

Typical flying school charges could be anywhere between 25-40 Lakh Rupees (or more). Yes, it is a costly process!

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LIST OF BEST FLYING SCHOOLS IN INDIA
- HOW TO SELECT THE RIGHT FLYING SCHOOL?
- FLYING SCHOOL ADMISSION IN INDIA

LIST OF BEST FLYING SCHOOLS IN INDIA

Sr No	Name of the flying school	Type of the flying school	District/Area	State/UT
1	Flytech Aviation Ltd.	Public	Guntur	Andhra Pradesh
2	Redbird Flight Training Academy Private Limited	Private	Lakhimpur	Assam
3	Bihar Flying Training Institute, Patna	Government (State)	Patna	Bihar
4	Garg Aviation Ltd	Private	Dwarka, New Delhi	Delhi
5	Government Aviation Training Institute	Government (State)	Dwarka, New Delhi	Delhi
6	Redbird Flight Training Academy Private Limited	Private	Dwarka, New Delhi	Delhi
7	Skynex Aero Private Limited	Private	Dwarka, New Delhi	Delhi
8	Ahmedabad Aviation Academy, Ahmedabad	Private	Ahmedabad	Gujarat
9	Blueray Aviation Private Limited	Private	Mehsana	Gujarat
10	Gujarat Flying Club	Deemed charitable trust	Amreli	Gujarat
11	Gujarat Flying Club, Vadodara	Deemed charitable trust	Vadodara	Gujarat
12	FSTC Flying School Private Limited	Private	Bhiwani	Haryana
13	FSTC Flying School Private Limited	Private	Narnaul	Haryana
14	Haryana Institute of Civil Aviation, Hissar	Government (State)	Hissar	Haryana
15	Haryana Institute of Civil Aviation, Karnal	Government (State)	Karnal	Haryana
16	Haryana Institute of Civil Aviation, Pinjore	Government (State)	Pinjore	Haryana
17	Redbird Flight Training Academy Private Limited	Private	Gurugram	Haryana
18	Alchemist Aviation Private Limited	Private	Jamshedpur	Jharkhand
19	Asia Pacific Flight Training Academy Limited	Private	Gulbarga	Karnataka
20	IGRUA (Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi)	Government (Central)	Gulbarga	Karnataka
21	Orient Flight Aviation Academy	Private	Mysore	Karnataka
22	Redbird Flight Training Academy Private Limited	Private	Kalaburagi	Karnataka
23	Rajiv Gandhi Academy for Aviation Technology	Government (State)	Thiruvananthapuram	Kerala
24	Chimes Aviation Academy	Private	Sagar	Madhya Pradesh
25	Falcon Aviation Academy	Trust	Rewa	Madhya Pradesh
26	Madhya Pradesh Flying Club, Bhopal	Public	Bhopal	Madhya Pradesh
27	Madhya Pradesh Flying Club, Indore	Public	Indore	Madhya Pradesh
28	Redbird Flight Training Academy Private Limited	Private	Seoni	Madhya Pradesh
29	Sha-Shib Flying Academy	Society	Guna	Madhya Pradesh
30	Academy of Carver Aviation Pvt. Ltd., Belgaum	Private	Baramati	Maharashtra
31	Blueray Aviation Private Limited	Private	Osmanabad	Maharashtra
32	Bombay Flying Club, Mumbai	Society	Mumbai	Maharashtra
33	Bombay Flying Club, Mumbai	Society	Dhule	Maharashtra
34	IGRUA (Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi)	Government (Central)	Gondia	Maharashtra
35	Nagpur Flying Club	Government (State)	Nagpur	Maharashtra
36	National Flying Training Institute	Private	Gondia	Maharashtra
37	Redbird Flight Training Academy Private Limited	Private	Pune	Maharashtra
38	Skynex Aero Private Limited	Private	Jalgaon	Maharashtra
39	SVKM NMIMS Academy of Aviation	Private	Dhule	Maharashtra
40	Government Aviation Training Institute	Government (State)	Dhenkanal	Odisha
41	Government Aviation Training Institute, Bhubaneshwar	Government (State)	Bhubaneshwar	Odisha
42	Patiala Aviation Club, Patiala	Government (State)	Patiala	Punjab
43	Patiala Aviation Club	Government (State)	Amritsar	Punjab
44	Banasthali Vidyapith Gliding & Flying Club	Society	Tonk	Rajasthan
45	Asia Pacific Flight Training Academy Limited	Private	Hyderabad (Shamshabad)	Telangana
46	Asia Pacific Flight Training Academy Limited	Private	Hyderabad (Begumpet)	Telangana
47	Flytech Aviation Ltd., Hyderabad	Public	Hyderabad	Telangana
48	Telangana State Aviation Academy	Government (State)	Hyderabad	Telangana
49	Wings Aviation Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad	Private	Hyderabad	Telangana
50	Ambition Flying Club Private Limited	Private	Aligarh	Uttar Pradesh
51	Chetak Aviation	Society	Aligarh	Uttar Pradesh
52	Falcon Aviation Academy	Trust	Faizabad	Uttar Pradesh
53	Garg Aviation Ltd., Kanpur	Private	Kanpur	Uttar Pradesh
54	IGRUA (Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi), Fursatganj	Government (Central)	Fursatganj	Uttar Pradesh
55	Pioneer Flying Academy Private Limited	Private	Aligarh	Uttar Pradesh
56	Saraswati Aviation Academy	Trust	Sultanpur, UP	Uttar Pradesh

HOW TO SELECT THE RIGHT FLYING SCHOOL?

As I mentioned before, flying schools are expensive. It is a huge investment for many of us. That’s why you must give adequate attention towards the quality of the school (you’re about to take admission in).

While taking admission, make sure that the flying school satisfies the points mentioned below –

The flying school should be recognized by the DGCA.
It should have adequate infrastructure.
The faculty should be well trained, experienced and knowledgeable.
There should be adequate lab and practical facilities
There should be modern training amenities like computer aided training, simulators etc.
The quality of the flying training (and amenities) should be good.

The above-mentioned list consists of Government run as well as private flying schools. The best thing about these schools is that they are subsidized. The Government provides them financial assistance.

Thanks to Government funding, these flying schools charge fees at the rates prescribed by the Government. This is relatively lower than some of the private flying schools in India.

FLYING SCHOOL ADMISSION IN INDIA

Admission process may vary from one flying school to another. Government (state or central) flying schools follow merit-based admission process. Under merit-based admission, candidates are selected on the basis of entrance exam, aptitude test as well as physical and medical examinations. Candidates who perform well in these tests are allotted seats in government flying schools. Many private flying schools also follow the same practice. Some flying schools carry out direct or donation-based admission process. Physical and medical tests are mandatory in direct as well as donation-based admission modes too.

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