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India’s flight training market

The figures behind AVops: India’s approved flight schools, their training fleet and the growth ahead. The published sources are listed below.

INDIA’S FLIGHT TRAINING

01 / A GROWING TRAINING MISSION

41 approved flight schools.

DGCA-approved flight training organisations across India, 38 of them operational today.

02 / THE FLEET THAT TRAINS INDIA

385 training aircraft.

Spread across about 60 bases, with 61 more inducted in 2025 alone.

03 / AND THE DEMAND AHEAD

Thousands more pilots to train.

India’s commercial fleet is projected to pass 2,250 aircraft by 2035, and more than 10,000 more pilots will be needed by 2036.

Research and sources ↗

APPROVED FLIGHT SCHOOLS0TRAINING AIRCRAFT0INDUCTED IN 2025COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT BY 20352,250+MORE PILOTS NEEDED BY 203610,000+FIGURES FROM RESEARCH & SOURCES, BELOW

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