Flying schools

Carver Aviation

A Baramati academy that publishes a signable CPL package sheet with the hours, the instalments and the exclusions all printed on it, and dates the sheet one month at a time.

Carver Aviation flies from Baramati in Maharashtra and it is one of the few schools in this directory whose price arrives as a document rather than as a conversation. Its CPL package sheet is a public PDF linked from its own disclosures page, it names the hours it buys, it lists what you still pay for separately, and it carries a signature block for a student or a guardian.

The sheet is headed valid for a period of one month, which is unusually honest and also a warning: a quotation with a one month life is a quotation that will be reissued, so the figure below is the one that was on the page on the day it was read and not a promise about the day you enrol.

The other thing worth knowing before you budget is that the academy says plainly it does not provide accommodation, and the programme requires you to live in Baramati for its duration. Food, transport and a room are yours to find and yours to pay for, and none of that sits inside the package.

The regulator prints approval 05/2015 against this organisation, records its ownership as Private Ltd, and gives the approval as valid to 29 April 2029.

The DGCA list records 9 single engine and 1 multi engine, with types Cessna 172, Cessna 172S, Cessna 152 and Partenavia 68C. The school's own FTO Information disclosure (https://carveraviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/FTO-Information.pdf) records 9 single engine described only as Cessna 172, and 1 multi engine Partenavia P68C. The counts agree; the school's sheet does not mention the Cessna 152 the regulator lists. Both are recorded as found.

Where it flies, and what it teaches

The facts we holdOnly what our source records. A blank here is a gap in our research and not a claim about the school.
WhatOur source records
Registered nameAcademy of Carver Aviation Pvt. Ltd.
BasesBaramati, Maharashtra
Aircraft9 single engine and 1 multi engine aircraft on the regulator's list, being Cessna 172, Cessna 172S, Cessna 152, Partenavia 68C
CoursesCommercial Pilot License (CPL). Private Pilot License (PPL). Ground School. English Language Proficiency (AELP) training and testing. Simulator training (single engine and multi engine glass cockpit). Radio Telephony Restricted licence support. Drone pilot training. Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (AME). Air Traffic Control Operations and Management. MRO services
Figures checked8 September 2026

Where the regulator ranks it

DGCA ranking, 1 April 2026 edition: Category B, printed at serial 2. It was Category C in the 30 September 2025 edition, so this is a move in the regulator's own letters between the two.

The regulator publishes a letter and a serial number and no score at all, so there is nothing behind the letter to inspect and nothing here to rank schools against each other by. The bands the letters come from, and how many organisations sit in each on this edition, are set out on the flying schools in India index.

How far you can trust each number below

Published
Printed on the operator's or the regulator's own page.
Reported
From a brochure, an aggregator or a cadet, not from the operator's own price list.
Estimated
A range built up from parts, not lifted whole from any one source.
Undisclosed
No public number exists. We say so rather than filling the gap.

What it charges

Every figure we hold for this schoolEach row carries the label that says who published it. Rows with different labels are not comparable and are never added together.
What you pay forAmountWhat the figure is
Commercial pilot licence course, the school's own published total₹59,00,000PublishedAs the source prints it: FINAL AGREED VALUE 59,00,000/-
Registration to reserve a seat, included in the total, non-refundable and non-transferable, valid three months₹2,50,000PublishedInside the course total above.

Every figure above: read from the academy's own CPL package PDF, linked from its public disclosures page, checked 8 September 2026.

What that figure covers, in the source's own words

Inside the figure, and outside itQuoted rather than summarised. Where the source says nothing about an item, neither does this table, and an unmentioned cost is not the same as an included one.
How far to trust itWhat the source says
Published, and inside the figureRegistration and insurance fees; SPL and FRTOL ground classes; pre-flight, standardization and all subject ground classes; 20 hours simulator (10 single engine, 10 multi engine); books and flying kit; library use; two sets of uniform; 200 hours of flying training, being 185 single engine and 15 multi engine.
Published, and inside the figurePaid as Rs 2,50,000 at enrolment plus five instalments of Rs 11,30,000.
Published, and outside the figureAircraft endorsement, SPL and FRTOL licence charges paid directly to DGCA on Bharatkosh; DGCA examination fees; medical examination fees; outside airfield landing and RNFC charges; food, transport and hostel, which the academy says it does not provide; psychoactive, breath analyser and alcohol testing charges; any hours flown beyond the 200 hour minimum, charged at the ongoing flying rate.

How you get in

Age 18 on the date of application, 10+2 with at least 50 percent in Physics, Mathematics and English, and a DGCA medical fitness certificate under Rule 39B. New batches commence quarterly, on average 6 to 9 CPL intake sessions a year, with 15 to 20 cadets a batch. The published induction SOP (circular 01/2026, dated 17 June 2026) adds document scrutiny and verification, a parent or guardian orientation session, and an in-house drug and substance abuse screening before training starts. The programme is full time and requires the cadet to live in Baramati; the academy does not provide accommodation. No written entrance examination is described.

What this school does not publish

The academy publishes no cost at all for the food, transport and room it says it does not provide, so the largest uncosted item on this page is where you will live.

Hours flown beyond the two hundred hour minimum are charged at the ongoing flying rate, and that rate is not printed on the package sheet.

Where this sits in the wider cost

Nothing above is the whole cost of becoming a pilot. Our pilot training cost in India page has the full stack from the medicals to the type rating, and CPL course fees in India puts this school's licence figure next to the rest of the market.

Common questions

Does the Carver Aviation package include a place to live?

No, and the academy says so rather than leaving you to find out. The programme is full time in Baramati and the academy does not provide accommodation, so a room, food and daily transport are a separate budget you build yourself.

Why does the fee sheet say it is valid for one month?

Because it is a quotation rather than a tariff. The academy reissues it, and an older sheet is still reachable from the same public page, so confirm which sheet applies to the batch you are joining before you sign anything.

What does the school say about its own aircraft?

Its own disclosure sheet and the regulator's list agree on the counts and disagree on one type. Both readings are set out on this page, because a fleet a student can actually get an hour on is more useful than a tidy single answer.