Public CompanyShortage of ATCs in aviation sector
There is a shortage of Air Traffic Controllers (ATC) in the aviation sector, government informed the Rajya Sabha today.
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"At present a total number of 1630 Air Traffic Controllers are in position against the sanctioned strength of 2107," Minister of State for Civil Aviation Praful Patel said in a written reply to a question.
He said the training centre at Allahabad has adequate capacity and infrastructure to meet current and future requirement of training of .
With the objective of enhancing the capacity, an additional training centre has been established at Hyderabad to expedite the training process of ATCOs, he added.