A Vadodara and Amreli club whose brochure prices the course, makes accommodation compulsory at a published monthly rate, and sets a minimum age well above the regulator's.
Gujarat Flying Club flies from Vadodara and Amreli and publishes its commercial licence price in a brochure rather than on its own course page. That brochure is worth reading closely, because two of the conditions in it are unusual enough that they should change how you plan for the course.
The first is accommodation. It is described as mandatory and billed separately at a published monthly rate with three months payable in advance, so a student cannot opt out of it to save money and it is not inside the headline figure. The monthly rate is in the table on this page with its own label.
The second is age. The brochure states a minimum of twenty one years at the start of the programme. The regulator's own norm for a commercial licence sits at seventeen to eighteen, and the club's course page does not repeat the higher figure. Both are stated here and neither is corrected, because a four year difference in a stated minimum age is exactly the kind of thing to confirm with the club before you apply.
The financial terms are strict and published. The registration amount is entirely non refundable, a voluntary withdrawal or a transfer carries a deduction from every instalment already paid, and arrears attract compounding interest.
The regulator prints approval 13/2016 against this organisation, records its ownership as Trust, and gives the approval as valid to 6 April 2028.
The brochure names no aircraft types, so nothing on the site contradicts the regulator's 3 single engine and 1 multi engine, Cessna 152, Cessna 172 and Piper PA 34. The published curriculum of 15 multi engine hours is served by the single PA 34.
| What | Our source records |
|---|---|
| Registered name | The Gujarat Flying Club |
| Bases | Vadodara, Gujarat and Amreli, Gujarat |
| Aircraft | 3 single engine and 1 multi engine aircraft on the regulator's list, being Cessna 152, Cessna 172, Piper PA 34 |
| Courses | Commercial Pilot Licence (CPL IR-ME). Assistant Flight Instructor and Flight Instructor. Multi Engine Instrument Rating. Foreign licence conversion. Pilot licence renewal. CAR 145 MRO services |
| Figures checked | 8 September 2026 |
DGCA ranking, 1 April 2026 edition: Category B, printed at serial 18. 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.
| What you pay for | Amount | What the figure is |
|---|---|---|
| Commercial pilot licence course, the school's own published total | ₹54,00,000Published | As the source prints it: The total baseline program package is valued at INR 54,00,000 (subject to market-variable adjustments) |
| Registration and enrolment fee (non refundable, part of the total) | ₹2,00,000Published | Inside the course total above. |
| Mandatory on site accommodation with three meals, per month | ₹20,000Published | Charged separately from the course total. |
Every figure above: read from the club's own commercial pilot licence brochure PDF, checked 8 September 2026.
| How far to trust it | What the source says |
|---|---|
| Published, and inside the figure | 200 flight hours in total, 185 hours single engine and 15 hours multi engine with instrument rating, and about 350 hours of ground school covering the DGCA subjects and FRTOL(R) and RTR preparation. |
| Published, and inside the figure | Paid as Rs. 2,00,000 registration then five instalments of 11, 11, 10, 10 and 10 lakh tied to 30, 60, 90 and 120 flight hours. |
| Published, and outside the figure | Accommodation, which is mandatory and billed separately at Rs. 20,000 per month with three months payable in advance. |
| Published, and outside the figure | Bharat Kosh (DGCA) payments are settled by the candidate. |
| Published, and outside the figure | The package covers only the inclusions listed and is priced for 15 to 18 months from enrolment; beyond that the candidate is billed at an increased hourly rate. |
Apply through the site, then pay the Rs. 2,00,000 registration fee, which is entirely non refundable; the club processes documentation and transfer from a current FTO only after payment. Eligibility as published in the brochure: 10+2 with at least 50 percent in physics and mathematics, active Class II medical at joining and Class I for licence issue, minimum 21 years at programme commencement, at least three DGCA papers already cleared, and English proficiency. Voluntary withdrawal or transfer carries a 40 percent deduction from all instalments paid, and arrears attract 18 percent interest compounded quarterly.
The brochure names Vadodara International Airport and Amreli Airport, the same two bases the regulator lists.
The club's own course page carries a course snapshot and no price at all, so the only published figure lives in a brochure PDF.
The increased hourly rate that applies beyond the eighteenth month is not published, so an overrun has no published 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.
The brochure describes on site accommodation with meals as mandatory and bills it monthly, with three months payable in advance. It is published as a separate amount rather than folded into the course figure, so budget it as an addition and not as an option.
The brochure says twenty one at the start of the programme, which is well above the seventeen to eighteen the regulator works to and above what the club's own course page implies. Both are on this page. Confirm it with the club directly, because it changes whether you can apply at all.
The brochure is explicit. The registration amount is entirely non refundable, a voluntary withdrawal or a transfer to another organisation carries a percentage deduction from all instalments already paid, and unpaid amounts attract interest compounded quarterly.