AAI Manager & Junior Executive Recruitment 2026: 389 Vacancies

Airports Authority of India has opened one of its largest Manager and Junior Executive recruitment drives in recent years — 389 posts spread across 11 Manager-level disciplines and 4 Junior Executive disciplines, covering everything from Civil and Electrical Engineering to Law, Fire Services, and Airport Operations. If you’ve been eyeing a stable, well-paying PSU career, this notification is worth reading carefully post by post, because the qualification bar and pay band genuinely differ between, say, Manager (Law) and Manager (Fire Services) — a one-size summary would mislead you.

Here’s the full category split for all 15 posts, exactly as published by AAI. UR stands for Unreserved, EWS for Economically Weaker Section, OBC(NCL) for Other Backward Classes Non-Creamy Layer, SC for Scheduled Caste, ST for Scheduled Tribe — and remember, PwBD reservation (where applicable) is a horizontal quota sitting inside these numbers, not an addition on top.

Two posts dominate this drive by headcount: Manager (Engg-Civil) alone accounts for 145 of the 389 seats — over a third of the entire notification — followed by Junior Executive (Operations) at 79. If your background is civil engineering, your odds here are meaningfully better simply on volume than someone competing for the single Manager (Corporate Planning & Management Services) seat.

Every Manager post requires 3 years of post-qualification work experience, but the field that experience has to be in varies sharply by discipline — and AAI is specific that this experience must come from Government, PSUs, listed companies, organisations with 250+ employees, or firms with over ₹250 crore annual turnover (₹10 crore for law firms). Casual or informal work experience won’t be counted.

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The good news for freshers: all four Junior Executive posts require Nil prior work experience — these are entry-level roles built for candidates straight out of their qualifying degree, unlike the Manager track above.

On top of basic pay, AAI adds Dearness Allowance, Perks at 35% of basic pay, HRA, and other benefits including CPF, Gratuity, Social Security Schemes, and Medical benefits. If you’re joining from another CPSE, State PSU, or Government Department through proper channel, your existing pay gets protected on transfer — a detail that matters if you’re already in a comparable government role and weighing whether the move is worth it financially.

AAI has mapped specific disability categories against specific posts based on the functional requirements of each job — a Fire Services role, for instance, has very different physical demands than a Corporate Communications desk job, so the suitable disability categories differ accordingly. Notably, Post Code 7 (Manager, Fire Services) is explicitly marked “Not Applicable” for PwBD suitability — the physical endurance requirements of that role (running, casualty carrying, pole and rope climbing) rule out PwBD reservation entirely for that specific post. For every other post, candidates should check the detailed functional-requirement mapping in the official notification (Para 2) against their specific disability type before applying, since suitability is assessed individually, not as a blanket PwBD allowance.

Every one of the 15 posts starts with the same first hurdle: a Computer Based Test (CBT), objective type, with no negative marking for wrong answers — a genuinely candidate-friendly detail compared to most competitive government exams. From there, the paths diverge slightly by post group.

Shortlisting at every stage is purely on CBT performance, and results (roll numbers, not names) are declared only on AAI’s official website — candidates are expected to check both the website and their registered email regularly, including spam folders, since call letters for CBT and subsequent stages go out only through these channels.

Fee is payable online only — Debit/Credit Cards, Internet Banking, IMPS, or Cash Cards/Mobile Wallets — and is non-refundable once paid, except in the case of a genuine duplicate/double payment, which AAI says will be refunded.