NEW DELHI: Nearly 1,600 posts of air traffic controllers are lying vacant at different airports in the country, government said today.
"The existing strength of Air Traffic Controller Officers (ATCOs) is 2,296 against the sanctioned strength of 3,890," Minister of State for Civil Aviation Mahesh Sharma said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.
He was responding to a query on whether the Airports Authority of India (AAI) is facing huge shortage of air traffic controllers.
According to the minister, AAI is expected to complete recruitment for 400 posts of junior executive ( ATC) by March next year.
"In order to fill 400 posts of Junior Executive (ATC), AAI initiated process of recruitment in September 2015, with scheduled completion in March 2016," Sharma said.
03/12/15 PTI/The Economic Times
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"The existing strength of Air Traffic Controller Officers (ATCOs) is 2,296 against the sanctioned strength of 3,890," Minister of State for Civil Aviation Mahesh Sharma said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.
He was responding to a query on whether the Airports Authority of India (AAI) is facing huge shortage of air traffic controllers.
According to the minister, AAI is expected to complete recruitment for 400 posts of junior executive ( ATC) by March next year.
"In order to fill 400 posts of Junior Executive (ATC), AAI initiated process of recruitment in September 2015, with scheduled completion in March 2016," Sharma said.
03/12/15 PTI/The Economic Times
