Career Prospects After Completing MBA in Aviation Management

MBA in Aviation Management is a 2-year post-graduation management program that equips candidates with managerial skills. Various government aviation colleges, as well as private colleges all over India, offer this course. This one of the popular programs mainly focuses on General Management, Aviation Business, and additional specialization in International Business, Marketing, and Finance. Young aspirants dream of pursuing this course to establish a shining career in the Aviation Industry. Aspiring candidates need to clear national or state level Entrance Examination like CAT, MAT, and CMAT, etc. to get admitted to this program. Candidates can land jobs like Aircraft Maintenance Manager, Grooming and Aviation Trainer, Aviation Operations Specialist, and many more. The average course fee of this program is INR 1.5 to 10 Lakhs. The average salary of the freshers after completing this program ranges from INR 4, 50, 00 to 7 Lakhs, and for experienced professionals INR 15-25 Lakhs per annum.

Here,   I am going to discuss the career prospects after completing the MBA in Aviation Management Program. The various job profiles aspirants can land in are:

Airport Operations Manager: The prime responsibility of an Airport Operations Manager is to oversee the daily functioning of an airport. The person is also responsible for coordinating with the various departments and teams in the airport such as pilots, air traffic controllers, emergency crews, and security personnel. The airport operations manager evaluates the performances of the said departments and supervises if those departments are following the prescribed rules and regulations. They also perform regular checks and inspections and enforce any changes which they deem suitable for the smooth functioning of an airport.

Airline Customer Service Agent: The Airline customer service agent helps passengers with providing flight information, issuing tickets, resolving all queries related to tickets, making passenger announcements whenever required, verifying the documents of the passengers. Moreover, they also upgrade and reissue seats for passengers.

Aircraft Maintenance Manager:  The Aircraft maintenance manager monitors all aircraft, the support equipment, and the component maintenance. The person plans, supervises, and schedules the maintenance procedures and also sees to it that all the maintenance procedure guidelines are followed accordingly. Moreover, the aircraft maintenance manager is also responsible for training and guiding team members to carry out proper maintenance activities.

Aviation Trainer or Instructors: The main responsibility of an Aviation trainer is to teach and help students learn and excel in their respective courses and also to resolve all queries of the students.

These are some of the popular and respectable job profiles which a young aspirant can undertake after completing an MBA in Aviation from a reputed Aviation College and can soar high in the sky with a remarkable career in the Aviation Industry.