There was a time in this country not so long ago when commercial pilots were working odd jobs for a salary as less as Rs 20000. In the early nineties under the sway of Manmohanics, the skies were opened up. The Indian skies were filled with a number of airlines. However the purchasing power of the Indian had not swelled up enough to sustain these new companies. As a result only a few could survive the initial years.
However with the opening of the Indian economy, the time was ripe once again for the advent of new airlines. Some of these airlines have been aggressive in pricing like Air Deccan, where as some have been offering never before seen levels of services like Kingfisher. Few like Spice Jet have come up with innovative ideas like paperless ticketing while others cater to a regional clientèle. All this has come as a welcome break for the Indian consumer who for almost 50 years of independence had only Indian Airline to be content with. While the pace of growth of the aviation Industry has been breath taking, the airlines are facing an acute shortage of manpower both in operations and support services.
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