Career as Air Hostess Stewardess

Career as Air Hostess Stewardess

Pursuing Air-Hostess as a career option is a dream for many attractive and smart women. A host of domestic and foreign airliners provide amazing employment avenues to such promising young women. With the adoption of 'open sky policy', career alternatives in the civil aviation sector have grown manifold. Today, chasing the exciting dream of becoming an Air-Hostess is closer and truer than ever before.

The foremost duty of an Air-hostess is to welcome and help the travellers in making the journey as smooth as possible. An Air-Hostess has her task cut out in providing in-flight information, demonstrating emergency-safety regulations, and treating the travellers with gourmet meals. All additional assistance sought by passengers is extended by an Air-Hostess in making the journey pleasant and comfortable.

Eligibility/Admission requirements

A simple 10+2 pass certificate or a Graduation degree (preferably Hotel Management or Tourism) is required to get enrolled for a short term Air-Hostess Diploma course.

An Air-Hostess candidate must also be below 25 years of age and at least 154.5-157.5 cms tall.

Weight and height should be proportionate with good eyesight of 6/6 uncorrected vision in both eyes.

Many private institutes offer Air-Hostess training courses in big and small cities alike. Air Hostess Academy, New Delhi, Frank Finn Management Consultants, New Delhi and Free bird Aviation & Management Services, Kerala are some of the leading institutes that caters to Air-Hostess applicants.

Remuneration

Air-Hostesses are paid according to experience. A fresher may earn anywhere between 16,000 and 30,000 Rupees. A Head Flight attendant may earn up to 70,000 Rupees in the domestic aviation sector. However, working with foreign airlines may prove to be lucrative. Reputed international airliners pay an average of nearly 1.5 Lac Rupees with senior Air-Hostesses getting above 3 Lac Rupees apart from lucrative perks and packages.