India to need 30,000 new pilots as airlines await 1,700 aircraft, says aviation minister
India will need an additional 30,000 pilots once the pending orders for 1,700 aircraft from the Indian carriers are delivered, Union Civil Aviation Minister K Ram Mohan Naidu said on Saturday.
Addressing a session on the sidelines of CII Partnership Summit here, Naidu said on the lines of FedEx, a global logistics company that has a dedicated airport in the USA, the central government is also mulling the creation of cargo airports in the country.
