Indian airlines told the government they’re on the verge of shutting down.
ATF up ₹73/litre for international ops in one month. Domestic capped at ₹15 — and it’s still not enough. Fuel now 55–60% of expenses. West Asia war adding route diversions on top.
This is what aviation volatility actually looks like.
It’s also exactly why a DGCA licence - not just hours - is your foundation.
Unstable sector. Stable qualification.
#DGCAExam #IndianAviation
Air India lost $2.4 billion last year.
Aircraft flew without airworthiness certificates. European regulators flagged compliance issues. A Dreamliner crashed.
Singapore Airlines - 25.1% shareholder - has now embedded its own executives inside Air India’s flight ops, engineering, and maintenance.
Tata Group owns 74.9% of India’s flag carrier and is focused on HR, finance, and IT.
The world’s best airline is quietly fixing the one that can’t stop breaking.
#Aviation #SingaporeAirlines #AirIndia
India's Civil Aviation Minister met at Delhi Airport today.
The agenda - turning India into a global transit hub.
Between the East and the West. Every flight. Every route. Through us.
The infrastructure is almost ready.
The only thing a hub needs more than runways - is the people who know how to run them.
#Aviation #India
Akasa Air just got its 38th plane.
188 more are on order.
In 6 years.
The jets are coming. The routes are being filed. The seats are filling up.
India just needs the people to fly them.
#Aviation#India
The military just asked to see an uncrewed flying taxi.
No pilot. Hybrid electric. Ready for deployment.
Aviation is no longer just about who's in the cockpit.
It's about who understands the machine well enough to build what comes next.
That person has to be trained first.
Lufthansa just shut down one of its own airlines - overnight.
27 aircraft pulled from service. Permanently.
Rising fuel costs. Labour strikes. Margins that no longer made sense.
And yet - more airports are opening. More routes are launching. More people are flying than ever before.
The industry doesn’t shrink. It just gets harder to survive in.
The ones who make it through know exactly why they’re up there.
#Aviation
The FAA just opened applications for air traffic controllers.
And they're looking at gamers.
Fast reflexes. Spatial awareness. Split-second decisions under pressure.
Turns out the cockpit and the controller have more in common than anyone admitted.
Aviation has always been for those built different.
The skies just got a law passed for them.
396 to 10.
That’s how the US House voted this week on aviation safety — after a midair collision killed 67 people.
The world doesn’t fix aviation until something breaks.
We think it’s time to get ahead of the break.
#Aviation #AviationSafety
Your senior said flying is a passion, not a job.
Your senior also has a bond, a loan, and a roster that destroyed their social life.
Still want in?
Good. You should.
“Flying is a calling, not a career.”
That line has been used to justify underpaying pilots for too long.
Passion doesn’t pay EMIs.
The passion is real. The underpayment doesn’t have to be.
#PilotLife#IndianAviation
You dreamed of flying to exotic destinations.
Reality: same two sectors, back to back, 28 days straight.
The view from FL350 is still worth it.
The romance ends at pushback. The job begins there.
India just inaugurated a brand new international airport.
Air India is the first airline to land there.
New runways. New cities. New routes.
The country is expanding at 35,000 feet.
The question is - who's going to fly all of it?
#Aviation#India
India just hiked ATF export duty from ₹29.5 to ₹42 per litre, effective today.
The government is forcing refiners to sell jet fuel domestically instead of exporting it.
Hormuz disrupted. Crude above $100. This is what energy crisis management looks like from the ground.
40 days of closed FIRs.
Iraq, Syria, Bahrain - back open.
Crews still showed up. Pilots still flew the long way around.
The ceasefire cracked the airspace open.
The flightdeck never closed.
7/7
Then comes the actual job requirement: A320 type rating. ₹20-35L. Self-funded. Post-CPL. Not included in any flying school brochure.
The number on the brochure is the starting point, not the total.
6/7
3–4 years of full-time training means 3–4 years of zero income. For a 21-year-old, that’s the highest-earning window of most peer careers. The opportunity cost is real, even if it’s invisible on the fee sheet.