DGCA Ranking of Flying Schools: India’s aviation regulator DGCA has for the first time released a ranking of flying training schools in the country. But not a single one of the 35 schools that got reviewed could reach the highest grades. None of them managed to earn an ‘A+’ or even an ‘A’ rating.
The list shows that out of 35 flying training organisations, 13 could only reach the ‘B’ category while the other 22 ended up in ‘C’. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation said it judged the schools on many things like how they run daily operations, their safety rules, how well they follow laws, and the help they give to students.
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The regulator explained that schools who score more than 85 percent get into the ‘A+’ category, and those who score between 70 to less than 85 percent are in ‘A’. If a school scores between 50 and 70%, then it falls in ‘B’. But if the score goes below 50%, then the school is pushed to ‘C’.
DGCA Ranking of Flying Schools
‘B’ group
The DGCA list showed that some well-known names like Chimes Aviation Academy, Orient Flights Aviation Academy, SVKM’s NMIMS Academy of Aviation in Shirpur, Bihar Flying Club, and Jet Serve Aviation Pvt Ltd are in the ‘B’ group.
Other schools in this group are Skynex Aero Pvt Ltd, FSTC Flying School Pvt Ltd, Patiala Aviation Club, Haryana Institute of Civil Aviation, Nagpur Flying Club, Rajiv Gandhi Academy for Aviation Technology, National Flying Training Institute, and Banasthali Vidyapith Gliding and Flying Club.
‘C’ group
The rest of the schools, which is the majority, went into the ‘C’ group. This list includes Redbird Flight Training Academy, Telangana State Aviation Academy, Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi (IGRUA), Dunes Aviation Academy, Flytech Aviation Academy, The Bombay Flying Club, Sha-Shib Flying Academy, Indian Flying Academy, Ambitions Flying Club, Ekvi Air Training Organisation Pvt Ltd, Chetak Aviation, Academy of Carver Aviation Pvt Ltd, and Garg Aviations Ltd.
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Others who got the ‘C’ mark are Alchemist Aviation Pvt Ltd, Falcon Aviation Academy, Asia Pacific Flight Training Academy Ltd, Government Aviation Training Institute, Wings Aviation Pvt Ltd, The Gujarat Flying Club, The Madhya Pradesh Flying Club Ltd, Pioneer Flying Academy Pvt Ltd and Blue Ray Aviation Pvt Ltd.
DGCA Plan
The DGCA notice said that five schools were not part of the ranking. Four of them have not yet completed 18 months of operation, and one school had its license expire before August 31. The regulator has said that flying schools which fall into category ‘C’ will be sent a notice and they must study their own weak points and work on improvement.
The watchdog also said this ranking system will not stop here. The DGCA will now publish this rating every six months, and the next list will come out on April 1, 2026.
