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📊 CADET PROGRAM PRICING OVERVIEW (All prices on paper, no buffer included unless otherwise mentioned)

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✈️ INDIGO

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CAE — ₹97 Lakhs

⚠️ Not operational since 2023

Acron — Price unavailable

ℹ️ No brochure published post L3 acquisition. No students taken yet.

FTA — ~229,000 AUD (~₹1.58 Cr)

ℹ️ INR varies with conversion rate. Next batch: 2027. All payments in AUD.

💬 Rumoured that Indian portion may shift to INR payments in future.

Skyborne — 132,000 USD (~₹1.26 Cr)

⚠️ Food not included for CPL. Next adapt: Q2 2027

Insight Aviation — ~127,000 USD (~₹1.22 Cr)

⚠️ Notorious for additional/hidden charges and scammy practices.

Chimes — ₹94.1 Lakhs

⚠️ Price may increase. Selection is highly competitive.

Garuda — ~131,000 USD (~₹1.26 Cr)

⚠️ Notorious for scammy practices and overcharging.

Marigold — ~132,000 USD (~₹1.27 Cr)

⚠️ Notorious for scammy practices and overcharging.

NZCIPA — ❌ Unavailable

ℹ️ FTO has been closed. Remaining cadets transferred to NZAAL.

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✈️ AIR INDIA

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Aeroguard

> CPL GC + ATPL GC — ₹5 Lakhs

> Conversion — ₹5 Lakhs

> Type Rating (TR) — ₹34 Lakhs

> CPL (US) — 102,479 USD (~₹98.53 Lakhs)

> Total: ~₹1.42 Crore

⚠️ Excludes: Living costs for CPL/ATPL GC & TR. Food during US CPL not included.

Acron

> CPL GC + ATPL GC — ₹5 Lakhs

> Conversion — ₹5 Lakhs

> Type Rating (TR) — ₹34 Lakhs

> CPL (US) — ~110,000 USD (~₹1.05 Crore)

> Total: ~₹1.49 Crore

⚠️ Excludes: Living costs for CPL/ATPL GC & TR. Food during US CPL not included.

Amravati

> CPL GC + ATPL GC — ₹5 Lakhs

> Type Rating (TR) — ₹34 Lakhs

> CPL — ~₹76 Lakhs

> Total: ~₹1.15 Crore

⚠️ Excludes: Living costs for CPL/ATPL GC & TR. Food during Amravati CPL not included. Brochure is from 2025, prices may increase.

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✈️ MIDDLE EASTERN AIRLINES

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Air Arabia

> Approx 800,000 AED (₹2.1 Crore) including basic living expenses.

⚠️ Next batch in 2027

Fly Dubai

> Approx 800,000 AED (₹2.1 Crore) including basic living expenses.

⚠️ Next opening not known

EFTA (Emirates) & Qatar Airways

>Prices online. However, job isn't guaranteed.

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✈️ CONVENTIONAL

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> ₹80 lakhs to ₹1.05 crore for South Africa/India all inclusive depending on the path you take (for example doing cpl + tr + airline training can save some money compared to doing cpl and going for cpl vacancies since airlines like IndiGo charge extra for TR).

> ₹1.1 crore to ₹1.3 crore if you do from expensive countries.

> Waiting period depends on vacancies and your skill in cracking vacancies.

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📌 All prices are approximate and subject to change. Conversion to INR based on today's forex rate.

Might be helpful for you all

📊 CADET PROGRAM PRICING OVERVIEW (All prices on paper, no buffer included unless otherwise mentioned)

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

✈️ INDIGO

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

CAE — ₹97 Lakhs

⚠️ Not operational since 2023

Acron — Price unavailable

ℹ️ No brochure published post L3 acquisition. No students taken yet.

FTA — ~229,000 AUD (~₹1.58 Cr)

ℹ️ INR varies with conversion rate. Next batch: 2027. All payments in AUD.

💬 Rumoured that Indian portion may shift to INR payments in future.

Skyborne — 132,000 USD (~₹1.26 Cr)

⚠️ Food not included for CPL. Next adapt: Q2 2027

Insight Aviation — ~127,000 USD (~₹1.22 Cr)

⚠️ Notorious for additional/hidden charges and scammy practices.

Chimes — ₹94.1 Lakhs

⚠️ Price may increase. Selection is highly competitive.

Garuda — ~131,000 USD (~₹1.26 Cr)

⚠️ Notorious for scammy practices and overcharging.

Marigold — ~132,000 USD (~₹1.27 Cr)

⚠️ Notorious for scammy practices and overcharging.

NZCIPA — ❌ Unavailable

ℹ️ FTO has been closed. Remaining cadets transferred to NZAAL.

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

✈️ AIR INDIA

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Aeroguard

> CPL GC + ATPL GC — ₹5 Lakhs

> Conversion — ₹5 Lakhs

> Type Rating (TR) — ₹34 Lakhs

> CPL (US) — 102,479 USD (~₹98.53 Lakhs)

> Total: ~₹1.42 Crore

⚠️ Excludes: Living costs for CPL/ATPL GC & TR. Food during US CPL not included.

Acron

> CPL GC + ATPL GC — ₹5 Lakhs

> Conversion — ₹5 Lakhs

> Type Rating (TR) — ₹34 Lakhs

> CPL (US) — ~110,000 USD (~₹1.05 Crore)

> Total: ~₹1.49 Crore

⚠️ Excludes: Living costs for CPL/ATPL GC & TR. Food during US CPL not included.

Amravati

> CPL GC + ATPL GC — ₹5 Lakhs

> Type Rating (TR) — ₹34 Lakhs

> CPL — ~₹76 Lakhs

> Total: ~₹1.15 Crore

⚠️ Excludes: Living costs for CPL/ATPL GC & TR. Food during Amravati CPL not included. Brochure is from 2025, prices may increase.

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✈️ MIDDLE EASTERN AIRLINES

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

Air Arabia

> Approx 800,000 AED (₹2.1 Crore) including basic living expenses.

⚠️ Next batch in 2027

Fly Dubai

> Approx 800,000 AED (₹2.1 Crore) including basic living expenses.

⚠️ Next opening not known

EFTA (Emirates) & Qatar Airways

>Prices online. However, job isn't guaranteed.

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

✈️ CONVENTIONAL

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

> ₹80 lakhs to ₹1.05 crore for South Africa/India all inclusive depending on the path you take (for example doing cpl + tr + airline training can save some money compared to doing cpl and going for cpl vacancies since airlines like IndiGo charge extra for TR).

> ₹1.1 crore to ₹1.3 crore if you do from expensive countries.

> Waiting period depends on vacancies and your skill in cracking vacancies.

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

📌 All prices are approximate and subject to change. Conversion to INR based on today's forex rate.

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