Archive · 1 Sep 2026
Andhra Pradesh's First Pilot Training Centre Set For Kurnool Launch
Andhra Pradesh is getting its first centre for training pilots.
It is being built at Kurnool Airport by Orient Flights Aviation Academy.
The centre has classrooms, a hangar and room for four training planes.
A special taxiway will help the planes reach the runway.
The project cost about Rs 100 crore.
Three planes will be moved there from Mysuru.
Students will no longer need to travel to Mysuru for practical flying lessons.
The academy may also teach people to work as ground staff and cabin crew.
Orient Flights Aviation Academy is preparing to launch Andhra Pradesh’s first pilot training centre at Kurnool Airport.
The centre occupies 1.25 acres and includes a training building, hangar, taxiway access and space for four aircraft.
The facility represents an investment of approximately Rs 100 crore and follows Directorate General of Civil Aviation norms.
Three aircraft will move from the academy’s Mysuru centre to Kurnool after a successful trial run.
Students will be able to complete classroom and flight training at Kurnool, with ground staff and cabin crew courses planned later.
- Who
- Orient Flights Aviation Academy, part of Chennai-based Hindustan Group of Institutions, is establishing the centre.
- What
- A pilot training centre with classrooms, flight facilities, a hangar and a small aircraft maintenance facility is being launched.
- When
- The formal launch is forthcoming; a trial run has already been completed.
- Where
- Kurnool Airport in Andhra Pradesh.
- Why
- To provide integrated classroom and flight training in Kurnool and expand aviation-training opportunities in the region.
- Operator
- Orient Flights Aviation Academy
- Location
- Kurnool Airport, Andhra Pradesh
- Site area
- 1.25 acres
- Investment
- Approximately Rs 100 crore
- Aircraft capacity
- Facilities for four training aircraft
- Aircraft transfer
- Three aircraft will be shifted from Mysuru
- Planned courses
- Pilot training, with ground staff and cabin crew courses planned