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New Delhi: Drop in recruitments in the aviation sector is a "minor hiccup" and "the industry will bounce back" in a few months, say leading aviation training institutes here. "The layoff will largely affect individuals. The institute will not be affected much. This is just a minor hiccup in the aviation industry," Sameer Walia, vice-president (communications) of Frankfinn Management Consultants, said on Thursday. India's leading private sector airline Jet Airways on Wednesday announced it would retrench around 1,900 employees to cut operational costs. More than 800 people have already been given the pink slip. Jet's announcement came soon after the company entered into a strategic partnership with rival Kingfisher Airlines. "These airlines will survive. Although I do not know of anything in the contracts, I hope the laid off personnel will be absorbed once the airlines are in a better position. From the current scene, I feel they (airlines) w...

Hyderabad: Concordia University of Canada has decided to set up an aviation-focussed university in India's first aerospace special economic zone, coming up in Andhra Pradesh. Officials hope that the university would start offering programmes next year while the campus would come up in 2010. The proposed International Civil Aviation University (ICAU) will be developed as a centre of excellence with sister campuses in Montreal (Canada) and Toulouse (France). Dale Doreen, executive director of the International Centre for Aviation Management Education and Research at John Molson School of Business, Concordia University, told IANS they were looking for Indian partners for the university. The university, which is looking for local investors for this $40-50 million project, expects that 10,000 students would enroll for its various programmes after a few years. The foundation stone for the aerospace SEZ was laid Wednesday at India Aviation-2008, India's first conference and exhibitio...