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Once the pending 1,700 aircraft orders from the Indian carriers is fulfilled, the country will need an additional 30,000 pilots, Union Civil Aviation Minister K Ram Mohan Naidu said on Saturday while addressing a session on the sidelines of CII Partnership Summit in Vishakhapatnam.

Naidu added that the central government is considering the creation of cargo airports in the country, on the lines of FedEx, a global logistics company that has a dedicated airport in the USA.

He highlighted that currently India has about 8,000 pilots for a fleet of 834 aircraft, out of which 2,000 to 3,000 are not actively flying. The Indian carriers have already pl

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