Cadet programmes

Akasa Air SkyCadet programme

The Akasa Air cadet pilot programme is closed to applications. Akasa's own SkyCadet page puts the estimated cost at ₹97.4 lakh to ₹1.06 crorePublished, subject to change. It names no bond, and you pay for the training yourself.

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IndiGo A320s on the apron, a ground crew walking past
StatusClosed to applications
Cost₹97.4 lakh to ₹1.06 crorePublished
Type ratingB737 MAX
Checked15 September 2026

What Akasa's own page says

The FAQ gives the estimated total. The fee structure comes inside the application form, and the payment schedule and refunds follow the partner flying school's policies.

Akasa also says it uses no third-party agency for induction training and endorses none. An agency quoting a SkyCadet fee is speaking for itself.

Cadet programmeAkasa Air
ProgrammeSkyCadet
StatusClosed to applications
Type ratingB737 MAX, the only type Akasa flies
Training partnerPartner schools
BondNot named. A training agreement commits you to join Akasa when you finish. ALPA India said in July 2026 that cadet bonds run three years or more
Job at the endAkasa says finishing the licence and type rating does not guarantee a job. Cadets who complete the training join as First Officers on a letter of intent (LOI), which is not a legal guarantee, but the airline has hired its cadets
Checked15 September 2026

The figures in circulation, and what each rests on

Plan around Akasa's own estimate. If SkyCadet reopens, the fee inside your application form is the one that counts, and the training agreement beside it matters as much.

Where the figure comes fromFigure
Akasa's own SkyCadet page, in its FAQAn estimate, subject to change. Checked 15 September 2026₹97,40,000 to ₹1,06,00,000Published
A third-party aviation consultancyPoints back at Akasa's application form for the real figure. Checked 14 June 2026₹90,00,000 to ₹1,30,00,000Estimated
A partner school's standalone licence courseThe licence alone, with no airline bundle and no type rating, so it is not comparable. Checked 14 June 2026₹52,40,000 to ₹61,00,000Reported

What the programme covered

Inside the programme

  • Ground school for the DGCA papers.
  • Flying to a commercial licence.
  • The Boeing 737 MAX type rating.
  • Induction training on Akasa's own fleet.

Outside it

  • Both initial medicals, ₹13,076 to ₹45,500Reported.
  • The DGCA paper fees, with re-sits, ₹26,000 to ₹45,000Reported.
  • The RTR(A) radio licence: ₹2,000Published for the written, ₹500Published for the practical and ₹5,000Published for the licence, set by the RTR Rules 2025. Fees and steps are on the RTR exam page.
  • Tax, which nobody quoted as an amount.
  • The training agreement's term and penalty, which Akasa does not publish.

How selection ran

  • Online application
  • Aptitude and screening
  • Psychometric stage
  • Interview
  • Class 2 medical
  • The fee structure, inside the form

You need a Class 1 before the licence is issued.

Aptitude first, then the same DGCA papers

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Sources: RTR Rules 2025, rule 9; Akasa Air SkyCadet page; Free Press Journal, 30 Jul 2026.