Welcome to BASE — Belgavi Aviation & Sports Enterprises. Learn to fly at India's most exciting flight academy, right at Belgavi Airport. Real planes. Real runways. Real careers.
BASE — Belgavi Aviation & Sports Enterprises — is a premier Flight Training Organisation and a proud unit of Samvardhane Technologies. We're based right at Belgavi Airport in Sambra, where our massive 10,000 sq meter hangar is home to a fleet of training aircraft and a community of future aviators.
We believe learning to fly should be rigorous, exciting, and deeply rewarding. That's why our students train on real aircraft, learn from experienced instructors, and graduate with the skills — and connections — to launch serious careers in aviation.
We deliberately keep batches small, paperwork simple, and instruction personal — so every student finishes faster, flies sooner, and starts earning earlier.
A maximum of 15 students per batch means instructors actually know your name, your strengths, and your weak spots — and you finish your flying hours weeks faster than students stuck in 50-strong classes elsewhere.
Active 100% placement assistance with airline tie-ups, charter operators, cloud seeding and aerial mapping firms. Our job is to make sure you start monetising your CPL as soon as possible after graduation — not years later.
Pre-arranged tie-ups with multiple banks and NBFCs mean simple, low-paperwork loan approvals. Our finance desk walks every student through eligibility, sanction, and disbursal — so funding never stands between you and your cockpit.
DGCA paperwork is famously painful. We take complete charge of every form, certificate, medical, and licence application — and provide one-on-one assistance for any issue that arises with the regulator. You focus on flying; we handle the bureaucracy.
Study material curated by working airline pilots and DGCA examiners — not generic textbooks. Mock exams, structured revision, and one-on-one doubt sessions ensure you walk into every DGCA exam fully prepared, first attempt.
Small batches + handled paperwork + expert-prepared exam material = students who clear DGCA exams in the first attempt and start logging real flying hours within weeks, not months. Your CPL timeline is in your hands, not in a queue.
Three licence programs, one uncompromising commitment to quality. Whichever path you take, you'll fly real aircraft from day one.
Your very first step into the cockpit. Learn the fundamentals of flight, air law, and ground school — and take your first solo flight.
Fly for your own adventures. Command aircraft privately, carry passengers, and unlock the true freedom of the skies.
Turn your passion into your profession. The CPL is your ticket to airlines, charters, and a full-time career in aviation.
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Indian aviation is the world's third-largest and fastest-growing market. With record aircraft orders from IndiGo, Air India, Akasa & Vistara, the demand for trained Indian CPL holders has never been higher — and it isn't slowing down.
For years, Indian pilots flew off to the US, Philippines, South Africa or New Zealand to earn their CPL. That's changing fast. With DGCA modernising regulations, new Indian FTOs opening, and airlines under pressure to fill cockpits quickly, IndiGo, Air India and Akasa are now actively running cadet-pilot programmes that recruit directly from Indian flight training organisations like BASE.
The reasons are simple: faster onboarding, no licence-conversion delays, lower training cost, and pilots who already know Indian airspace, weather and ATC procedures. An Indian CPL holder today gets a callback faster than a foreign-trained one.
India's commercial fleet will grow from ~770 aircraft today to over 1,500 by 2030. Each aircraft needs 10–15 trained pilots to operate safely.
Under UDAN, the Govt of India is building 100+ new and upgraded regional airports — driving demand for regional ATR and small-aircraft pilots.
Nearly 30% of senior airline captains globally retire in the next 10 years. India will need fresh CPL holders just to maintain — let alone grow — its existing fleet.
Cloud seeding, aerial mapping, charters, medical evacuation, agri-aviation and microlight tourism — every one of these sectors is short on certified Indian pilots.
Sources: DGCA Annual Report 2024, Boeing Pilot & Technician Outlook 2024–2042, Airbus Global Market Forecast, Ministry of Civil Aviation.
Here's exactly what your path looks like at BASE — from the day you apply to the day you sign your first airline contract.
Submit your application, pass the aptitude assessment, and join our family of future aviators.
Master theory, navigation, meteorology, and regulations in our state-of-the-art classrooms.
Log real flight hours on our Cessna and Diamond aircraft from Belgavi Airport's runway.
Graduate with your licence — and step into placement interviews with top airlines and operators.
BASE graduates fly all across India — and beyond. Our tie-ups with major airlines and specialised operators mean your licence is genuinely a passport to a career.
Scheduled passenger carriers — the dream of every commercial pilot. We have active tie-ups with leading Indian airlines.
Fly corporate executives and VIPs in luxurious private jets and turboprops across India and the region.
A fascinating niche — fly weather modification missions that literally help farmers and regions get more rain.
Precision survey and mapping flights for infrastructure, agriculture, mining, and GIS companies.
Sport aviation, adventure tourism, and recreational flying — the pure joy of flight.
Top performers can come back to BASE as flight instructors and shape the next generation of pilots.
A diverse, well-maintained fleet backed by full-motion simulators — so every student trains with the broadest possible exposure, from first lesson to final skill test.
The world's most trusted training aircraft. Every student starts here — learning fundamentals, circuits, and their very first solo.
Modern twin-engine excellence for multi-engine ratings, instrument training, and airline-level professional flying.
Full-motion flight simulators, procedure trainers, and a constantly growing fleet — so every student trains with the widest possible exposure.
Tucked into Belgavi Airport at Sambra, our hangar is among the largest dedicated flight training facilities in Western India. It's where our aircraft live, where students brief before every flight, and where the magic happens every single day.
With direct runway access, dedicated briefing rooms, maintenance bays, and student lounges, you'll have everything you need to focus on one thing: becoming an excellent pilot.
Applications for our next intake are open. Book a free campus visit, meet our instructors, and see the hangar for yourself.
Apply to BASE →Have questions? Want to visit? Drop us your details and our admissions team will get back to you within 24 hours.