INTRODUCTION OF GROWING AVIATION SCENARIO AND GOVT POLICIES
In recent years with the Open Sky Policy and UDAN scheme of Government of India many big players have entered the aviation field and made huge investments and paced up the growth potential of the industry. Advanced aircrafts and new airports are coming up in India, creating massive jobs opportunities for AME aspirants across the country.
Some facts about Aviation
- India is the third largest domestic aviation market and growing at a rapid pace by the increase of air travel.
- 60% of the airspace of India is being utilized and more growth is expected when the sector functions using the full resources.
- Government announced that India is pacing to become a global hub for Maintenance and Repair of aeroplanes.
- India is also becoming a Cargo Hub like the Multi-modal International Cargo Hub and Airport (MIHAN) at Nagpur.
- As of now, 464 airports are functioning in India while 124 are owned by Airport Authority of India (AAI).
- Several airports/airstrips are in the process of developing in the different parts of the country.
- 91 national and international airlines are being operated from India and many are planning to enter the market shortly.
- Scope for the development of regional air transport in our country under the “UDAN” RCS (scheme).
- Steady increase in the number of MROs creating more job opportunities.
- India is targeting to have more than 200 International Airports by next 10 years of time.
- Major firms like Tata, Mahindra, Bajaj, Reliance, Adani etc. have started investing in aviation sector.
Some of the unique features for a candidate who are looking forward to joining the aviation industry:
- Ample career opportunities
- Good Reputation in the society
- Capable of creating more and more job opportunities because of its huge growth potential
CAREER SCOPE OF AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE ENGINEER
Aircraft Maintenance Engineering is considered a reputed job and no doubt they earn a great salary too. When a candidate successfully completes Aircraft Maintenance Engineering from a good training institute, a whole bunch of career opportunities will be waiting for him/her. Any airline company which provides air transport hires qualified Aircraft Maintenance Engineers to check their aircraft before take off. They release the Flight Releasing Certificate (FRC) which states that the aircraft is flight worthy.
Apart from airline companies, Maintenance, Repair and Overhauls (MRO) industries are popular for hiring well qualified Aircraft Maintenance Engineering candidates. These industries who do the maintenance and repair works of jet engines, landing gears etc. To perform these actions, they require licenced Aircraft Maintenance Engineers. There are 114 MROs in India and as the number of aircraft in air is increasing day-by-day, they surely need more expert hands of Aircraft Maintenance Engineers in coming days.