| Soaring above the clouds is something that most of us | | | | India are not only offering global standards of flight |
| have dreamt about. Now this dream can become a | | | | training but are also training the students in brand new |
| reality with the mushrooming of Flying Clubs in India. At | | | | state of the art aircrafts. From simulator rooms to |
| a flying club not only can you pursue flying activities by | | | | expert flight instructors, flying clubs are not leaving any |
| renting aircraft you can also provide flight training, | | | | aspect out and equipping themselves with the most |
| perform flight planning facilities, get pilot supplies and | | | | advanced instruments, facilities and courses. At par |
| associated services. The whole aspect of flying was | | | | with some of the best global flying clubs, the Indian |
| out of reach for many Indians before due to the lack | | | | counterparts are proving to be a boon for students |
| of infrastructure namely clubs and aviations schools | | | | who would like to pursue a career as a pilot. Cheaper, |
| along with the fact that pursuing training for flying or | | | | cost-effective and efficient, the Indian flying clubs are a |
| practicing it as a hobby proved to be really expensive | | | | great option for budding pilots who cannot afford to go |
| for the common man. | | | | abroad for flight training. |
| Lack of finances was probably one of the most | | | | The flight schools abroad are not only more expensive |
| integral reasons for many a man to drop the dream of | | | | that the Indian schools but the peripheral costs that are |
| soaring in the sky. In the past few decades this has all | | | | involved including food and lodging add more to the |
| changed and learning to fly is easier than ever before. | | | | already exorbitant cost of education. The stark |
| The opening up of the Indian market, the rise of the | | | | difference between the flying clubs abroad and those |
| economy and the coming up of several private banks | | | | in India is not because the Indian schools offer inferior |
| has made the whole process of financing much easier. | | | | quality. Students that qualify from schools in India have |
| Nowadays banks around the country offer student | | | | to pass stricter set of qualifying standards than that |
| loans for a substantially low interest rate. This has | | | | offered in countries abroad. This one of the primary |
| allowed students flying enthusiasts to pursue the skill of | | | | reasons why, pilots that have qualified from Indian flying |
| flying at flying clubs across the country. | | | | clubs are highly regarded in the aviation sector. |
| However the most significant change that has come in | | | | Flying clubs in India have come of age and offer the |
| the aviation sector is the growth of many private | | | | best facilities and the finest education for aspiring pilots. |
| airlines that in turn creates more jobs for pilots. In order | | | | It is no wonder then that more and more students are |
| to cater to this growing demand, flying clubs across | | | | now shifting focus to Indian flying clubs for pilot training. |