Air India Awards Contract To PanAm International Flight Academy
News AWIN First Mar 01 , 2011 Neelam Mathews NEW DELHI PanAm International Flight Academy has been awarded an approximately $5 million contract by Air India that includes training for 255 Boeing 737 pilots and 95 777 pilots. The training will take place in Miami, according to Gregory Darrow, senior director of sales for PanAm . PanAm is also looking at exploring the possibility of opening a training center in India, not just for Air India’s training needs, but for all of the Indian commercial aviation community, says Darrow. A paucity of trained airline pilots in India following increases in fleet sizes is hurting airlines such as Air India with a large training backlog of both pilots and flight attendants. Air India currently utilizes foreign pilots to cover some of its flying, and has had to cancel flights due to a lack of qualified crew members. The agreement with Air India is meant to assist the airline with clearing its backlog, says Darrow. Crew training for curre...