AAI Junior Executive 2026 Apply Online: Full Guide

Last updated: 8 August 2026

AAI Junior Executive online apply 2026 is now live. The Airports Authority of India released this notification on 22 July 2026 and opened the application portal on 8 August 2026. If you've been refreshing aai.aero all week waiting for this, here's the short version: you have until 7 September 2026 to submit your form, and the process itself takes about 20 minutes once your documents are ready.

This guide covers the AAI JE 2026 recruitment specifically — not the Manager posts that are running under the same advertisement number. That distinction matters because several sites have mixed the two together, and the vacancy count changes depending on which post you're looking at.

AAI Junior Executive Recruitment 2026 refers to the direct hiring drive for 129 Group B, E-1 level posts across four disciplines: Finance, Law, Operations, and Survey & Cartography. Selection is through a Computer-Based Test followed by document verification — no prior work experience is required for this post.

Quick Facts: AAI JE 2026 at a Glance

Who Can Apply — Discipline-Wise Eligibility

Here's the thing: eligibility isn't one-size-fits-all across the four disciplines, so check yours carefully before you pay the fee.

1. Finance — Bachelor's degree with relevant finance qualification as specified in the notification. No work experience needed for JE (unlike Manager posts, which need 3 years).
2. Law — LLB degree from a recognized university.
3. Operations — Bachelor's degree in any discipline; this typically carries the highest vacancy count of the four.
4. Survey & Cartography — Relevant degree in Survey, Geomatics, or Cartography as prescribed.

Age is calculated as of 7 September 2026, the last date to apply. Reserved category candidates get standard Government of India age relaxation. Don't rely on a summary for the exact qualifying degree and percentage — pull the actual PDF for your discipline before you register, because AAI has rejected applications in past cycles over incomplete qualification proof.

How to Apply Online — Step by Step

To complete the AAI Junior Executive application, follow these steps:

1. Go to aai.aero and open the Careers section.

2. Click the AAI JE 2026 apply online link (Advt No. 12/2026/CHQ/DR-CBT).

3. Register with a working email and mobile number.

4. Fill personal, educational, and discipline details.

5. Upload photo, signature, and certificates per the specified format.

6. Pay the ₹1,000 fee (if applicable) and submit.

Keep your photo and signature scans ready before you start — the portal times out sessions, and re-uploading mid-form is where most candidates lose time. If you're applying for more than one post, note that you need a separate registration and a separate fee payment for each one. That's easy to miss and it trips a lot of first-time applicants up.

[IMAGE: screenshot of AAI careers portal apply online page]

JE vs Manager: Quick Comparison

Junior Executive vs Manager: JE is better suited for fresh graduates because it needs zero prior work experience and has a lower age cap of 27. Manager works better for professionals with at least 3 years of relevant experience, since it requires that experience and offers a higher E-3 pay scale of ₹60,000–₹1,80,000. The key difference is experience — everything else about the application process is nearly identical.

What Most Guides Skip

Most articles list the vacancy number and stop there. What they don't tell you is that AAI explicitly states these numbers are tentative — they can increase or decrease before the final call letters go out. I've seen three different vacancy totals floating around this week (129, 379, 389) because sites are conflating JE-only figures with the combined Manager+JE total. For Junior Executive specifically, 129 is the correct number as per the notification. If you see 389 quoted for "JE," that source is counting Manager posts too.

One more thing worth knowing: the exam date hasn't been announced yet. Anyone claiming to have a confirmed CBT date right now is guessing. AAI will notify this separately, likely a few weeks after applications close.

This guide covers eligibility, fee, dates, and the application walkthrough for JE posts only. It does not cover the Manager recruitment under the same advertisement, syllabus breakdown, or admit card release — those deserve separate coverage once AAI publishes the exam schedule.

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