The largest players in the aviation training business--Air Hostess Academy and Frankfinn Institute of Air Hostess Training--are negotiating with international carriers after big Indian airlines like Kingfisher Airlines and Jet Airways stopped recruitment.

Delhi-based Air Hostess Academy founder and director Sapna Gupta told ET, "We are going global and will start offices in London and Dubai next year. No doubt there is a job crunch in the Indian market, but recruitments are swelling with international carriers as there is demand for skilled manpower overseas. We are diverting Indian talent to other countries and when aviation industry pick up, our student can shift back here."

There was an annual intake of 30,000 candidates in the Indian aviation industry in the high-paying cabin crew category and the labour-intensive ground support services till last year, when the aviation industry was booming. Around 40,000 cabin crew alone were expected to be absorbed in the next three to four years.