Aviation industry
Aviation is a fun, exciting industry with great growth prospects. It is also the kind of industry that offers fantasticinternational job opportunities.
International careers
- Millions of people across the world have taken to flying as their preferred mode of transport.
- Aviation is a young industry; many more people will fly as the world economy grows & people travel for leisure or business.
- In the US alone, there are over 18,000 airports.
- There are 240-plus internationalairlines.
- IATA, the global association for theairline industry, estimated that 2079 million passengers flew during 2007.
Diverse roles/ jobs
Jobs in airlines & airports come in a wide variety of roles:
- Airport manager
- Cargo agent
- Passenger agent
- Flight dispatcher
- Air traffic controller
- Ticket agent
- Flight attendant or cabin crew
- Customer service agent
- Cargo handler & baggage handler
- Crewing/ rostering
- Check-in, passenger service & ticketing
- Sales & reservations
- Aviation safety
- Tower control & administration
The aviation industry supports over 2 million jobs across 5 continents. Many airline jobs are well-paying & offer prestige as well as excitement and fantastic benefits.
A people’s business
- A career in aviation is perfect for those who like to travel, have a pleasant personality, are interested in meeting new people & gaining new experiences.
- Many positions in the industry require extensive contact with customers, i.e. customer service.
- The world’s leading airports such as Heathrow (London), Charles de Gaulle (Paris), Los Angeles International Airport, Frankfurt Main & New York’s JFK airport handle over 50 million passengers each year!
- These passengers pay thousands of dollars for a few hours’ service; hence, people who work in aviation have to maintain high service standards.
Indian aviation sector
- India holds 9th position in the globalcivil aviation market (among over 200 countries) with an annual growth rate of 18% per annum, up from the 12th position in 2006.
- Domestic passenger growth at 20% is one of the highest in the world. There are as many as 82 domestic airports.
- More airlines - e.g. Jet & Kingfisher - have started flying out of India. Use ofcorporate jets for senior executives is on the rise.
- Boeing estimates that India’s aircraft numbers will grow by 3.2% & the number of passengers by 4% over the next 20 years.
- The total number of air passengers in India in 2007-08 was 116.87 million*
*According to International Air TransportAssociation (IATA).
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