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Frankfinn Institute

Frankfinn Institute Franchise

Education & TrainingEst. 1993Gurugram (per franchise page); corporate office Mumbai, registered office New Delhi (per contact page)

Aviation and hospitality training centres. Franchise page: INR 75 lakh-1.5 crore by city tier, 2,500-3,500 sq ft; locator lists 65 centres (1 Nov 2026).

Frankfinn Institute franchise at a glance (terms checked Nov 2026)

Taking franchiseesModels: UnitTerms checked Nov 2026

Investment

₹75 L - ₹1.5 Cr

Above the category (typical ₹8.75 L–₹23.25 L, median ₹14 L, 12 verified brands)

Ongoing take

Not published

Franchise fee

Not published

Payback

Not published

FranchiseChuno ScoreNot scored yet — 42% of data verified
  • Disputes with franchisees: None found (records checked 2026-11-01)
  • Company standing: Active and up to date with the registrar
  • Outlet claim matches reality: Claims 70, locator lists 65

Outlets

65 verified

Brand claims 70

What we couldn't verify

  • • Outlet closures
  • • Franchisee satisfaction
  • • Profit or loss
  • • Revenue trend

Ask before you sign

  1. Speak to at least 3 franchisees who have run an outlet for 2+ years and see their actual monthly sales and profit — a franchisor making money doesn't mean its franchisees do.
  2. Ask for the one-time franchise fee in writing, and whether any part is refundable.
  3. Ask for the royalty and any marketing-fund fee, and how they're calculated (on sales or profit).

Franchise terms checked against Frankfinn's official franchise page on 1 Nov 2026. Figures marked * aren't published by the brand — they come from other published sources or our own estimate, and aren't verified.

Investment Breakdown

Per franchisor
Franchise license fee
Amount not disclosed

The page says a 'partial franchise license fee' is paid when the MoU is signed and the balance at agreement signing. No amount is published.

Total Investment—

Frankfinn Institute doesn't disclose the amount of any of these charges.

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* Breakdown as published by Frankfinn Institute. Frankfinn Institute confirms one charge without disclosing the amount — get it in writing before you pay.

Ways to Partner with Frankfinn Institute

2 partner models published by the brand. Figures it doesn't publish are left blank.

Unit franchise

Metro / state capital centre

Investment
₹1.25 Cr – ₹1.5 Cr
Space
3,500 sq ft
Royalty / margin
Brand projection: 60-70% annual ROI, 12-18 months break-even (asterisked)
Territory
Not stated; page says only a few territories remain
Who it suits
Business acumen, funds for investment and working capital, local market knowledge, leadership
Unit franchise

Tier-1 / tier-2 city centre

Investment
₹75 L – ₹1 Cr
Space
2,500 sq ft
Royalty / margin
Brand projection: 55-65% annual ROI, 12-18 months break-even (asterisked)
Territory
Not stated; page says only a few territories remain
Who it suits
Same as above

What Frankfinn Institute Says You Can Earn

Brand claim

Frankfinn Institute's own claim — no evidence given. These are not FranchiseChuno's estimates or a promise of earnings; ask existing franchisees what they actually make.

Annual return on investmentYearly profit as a share of the total investment.
55% – 70%
Operating break-evenMonths until monthly profit turns positive — not the same as getting your money back.
12 months – 18 months

Frankfinn's page shows 'Expected ROI*' of 55-70% a year (55-65% in tier-1/tier-2, 60-70% in metros) and a 12-18 month 'Break-Even Period*'. It publishes no sample size, outlet P&L or definition of the asterisk. Treat as the brand's projection.

Reputation & News

1 red flag to check

What the press, courts and real franchisees or customers have said about Frankfinn Institute — summarised by us, with every source linked.

  • Customer viewĀ· 2013-03-28

    Complaint site lists 631 complaints; posts allege cheating and refund problems

    ConsumerComplaints.in's Frankfinn page shows 631 complaints (531 resolved, 61 pending as shown 1 Nov 2026). One anonymous Mar 2013 post alleges franchises and course certificates were misrepresented; Frankfinn's support replied in Oct 2018 asking for contact details and the post is marked Resolved (Nov 2018), with no outcome shown. Related posts concern refunds and certificates. These are unverified allegations by anonymous posters, not findings.

    Source: ConsumerComplaints.in
  • Award

    Frankfinn lists ASSOCHAM and THSC awards

    Frankfinn's about page lists 'Best Air Hostess Training Institute' from ASSOCHAM for 11 years and THSC Training Partner awards (2023 and 2024). These are brand-published; the selection process is not described.

    Source: Frankfinn about page (the brand's own site)

Courses offered

Certificate programmes listed on Frankfinn's franchise page.

  • Certificate in Aviation, Hospitality and Travel Management (11 months, 2 hours a day, 5 days a week)
  • Certificate in Hospitality, Travel and Customer Service (11 months)
  • Advance Certificate in Aviation, Hospitality, Travel and Customer Service (8 months, 6 days a week)

Source: Frankfinn franchise page

Key Terms at Frankfinn Institute

The clauses that shape day-to-day running and your exit — read these before the fee.

Payments to the brand
Process on the page: application and prospectus, meeting, MoU with part-payment of the franchise licence fee, location selection, then agreement signing and balance licence fee.
Territory
The page says 'only a few select territories' remain and lists target cities by state; it does not state exclusivity or radius.

Legal & Contract Summary

Key contract terms at a glance — read before you sign.

Agreement Type

FOFO

Franchisee-Owned, Franchisee-Operated

Contract Duration

—

Renewal Available

—

Territory Exclusivity

—

Non-Compete Clause

—

Exit Clause

—

Who Can Apply for Frankfinn Institute

Conditions the brand sets for partners, and the licences the business needs.

  • Financial capability: For both the initial investment and working capitalRequired
  • Experience / profile: Business acumen, local market knowledge and community connections, leadership, long-term visionPreferred

About the Brand

Brand USP

Cabin-crew and aviation-services training brand with an 8-11 month certificate course model and a centre locator showing 65 addresses against its '70+ centres' claim.

HeadquartersGurugram (per franchise page); corporate office Mumbai, registered office New Delhi (per contact page)
Frankfinn Institute of Air Hostess Training is an Indian training brand for cabin-crew, airport ground-services, hospitality, travel and customer-service careers. It says it started in 1993, and its own centre locator lists 65 distinct centre addresses (recounted 1 Nov 2026), spread across metros and many tier-2 cities. Courses are certificate programmes of 8 to 11 months for school-leavers and graduates. The brand says it has 70+ centres, so the locator shows fewer than the claim. Frankfinn's franchise page invites applications and states two investment bands: INR 1.25-1.5 crore for a 3,500 sq ft centre in a metro or state capital, and INR 75 lakh-1 crore for a 2,500 sq ft centre in a tier-1/tier-2 city. It claims 55-70% annual ROI and a 12-18 month break-even, both marked with an asterisk on its page, and the franchise fee, royalty, agreement term and refund terms are not published (the page mentions a 'partial franchise license fee' paid at the MoU stage without an amount). Frankfinn says it helps with site choice, centre layout, faculty training, marketing and lead generation. What to watch: the page does not say what the investment includes, and the returns come with no sample size or outlet P&L. The franchise success stories on the page are brand-published, and one says a Ghaziabad franchisee reached 2.3 times ROI on the initial investment. A franchisor's own size says nothing about what a centre earns, so ask existing franchisees for centre-level numbers. Consumer-complaint sites carry student complaints about refunds and placement promises (unverified individual posts), and the business depends on student enrolments, so check the centre's recent batch placement record before signing. Court records show a recovery suit Frankfinn filed in 2011 against a former Meerut franchisee, which reached the Supreme Court on a procedural point in Aug 2020 (the outcome of the claim was not found), so ask existing and former franchisees how disputes were handled.

Why invest in Frankfinn Institute?

- Frankfinn's franchise page lists two published investment bands by city tier (INR 75 lakh-1 crore and INR 1.25-1.5 crore). - Its locator lists 65 distinct centre addresses (1 Nov 2026), fewer than its '70+ centres' claim. - The company has been registered since Jan 1993 and shows as Active on company-data mirrors.

Frankfinn Institute by the Numbers

Source marked on each figure

70+ centres across India

Centres Ā· undated, page read 1 Nov 2026

Brand claim

65 distinct addresses on the locator

Centres on locator Ā· 1 Nov 2026

Store locator

Brand lists THSC Training Partner awards for 2023 and 2024

Training Partner awards from THSC Ā· 2024

Brand claim

Frankfinn Institute Outlet Network

By country Ā· 1 Nov 2026

Centres on Frankfinn's India locator (distinct addresses): 65 outlets Ā· 1 Nov 2026 Ā· frankfinn.com

Cities with Outlets

Show all 42 cities
Agra, Uttar PradeshAhmedabad, GujaratAmritsar, PunjabBangalore, KarnatakaBhopal, Madhya PradeshBhubaneswar, OdishaChandigarh, ChandigarhChennai, Tamil NaduCoimbatore, Tamil NaduDehradun, UttarakhandDelhi, DelhiDimapur, NagalandGhaziabad, Uttar PradeshGorakhpur, Uttar PradeshGuwahati, AssamHyderabad, TelanganaIndore, Madhya PradeshJaipur, RajasthanJalandhar, PunjabKochi, KeralaKolkata, West BengalLucknow, Uttar PradeshLudhiana, PunjabMangaluru, KarnatakaMargao, GoaMumbai, MaharashtraNagpur, MaharashtraNavi Mumbai, MaharashtraNoida, Uttar PradeshPatna, BiharPune, MaharashtraRaipur, ChhattisgarhRajkot, GujaratRanchi, JharkhandShimla, Himachal PradeshSiliguri, West BengalSurat, GujaratThane, MaharashtraThiruvananthapuram, KeralaVadodara, GujaratVisakhapatnam, Andhra PradeshWarangal, Telangana

Cities with Outlets

42 cities
Has an outlet
Major city, no outlet listed
Click a city to explore

Company Health Check

What Frankfinn Institute's franchisor company has filed with the registrar and the courts — the checks a lawyer would run before you sign.

Status with the registrar
Active
Annual filings
Up to date
Last AGM
2025-09-30
Paid-up capital
₹2.8 Cr

Group companies

  • Frankfinn Holdings Private LimitedAssociate
  • Frankfinn Overseas Private LimitedSubsidiary

Source: Instafinancials, Tofler and Falconebiz mirrors (not MCA21): Active, CIRP status NA, no insolvency or strike-off signal on the company itself; FY24 net margin shown positive, FY25 not visible; Delhi High Court trademark matter via SCC Online and a Supreme Court procedural ruling in a recovery suit against a former franchisee via Indian Kanoon (checked 1 Nov 2026)

Full company recordsFinancials year by year, registered details, leadership and timelineShow

Company Profile

The legal entity behind the brand, its leadership, and its official channels.

Registered name
Frankfinn Aviation Services Pvt. Ltd.
Company type
Private limited company
CIN
U74992DL1993PTC051813
Incorporated
1993-01-20
Headquarters
Gurugram (per franchise page); corporate office Mumbai, registered office New Delhi (per contact page)

Leadership

  • KK.S. KohliFounder and Non-Executive Chairman, Frankfinn Group (as named on its about page)

Social presence

InstagramLinkedInFacebook

Company details source: Name as printed in Frankfinn's privacy policy. CIN, date and capital from company-data mirrors (Instafinancials, Tofler and Falconebiz agree on the CIN); not read on MCA21.

Frankfinn Institute Timeline

  1. 1993

    Frankfinn started

    Company incorporated 20 Jan 1993 per company-data mirrors; brand says it started in 1993.

  2. Nov 2022

    Delhi High Court vacates interim injunction in 'FLY HIGH' trademark suit against Vistara

    Frankfinn was the plaintiff.

    Source
  3. Jul 2023

    Agra centre opened

    Announced on Frankfinn's news page.

  4. Aug 2020

    Supreme Court rules on a procedural point in Frankfinn's recovery suit against a former franchisee (EXL Careers)

    Frankfinn is the plaintiff in the underlying 2011 suit over a 2004 franchise agreement; the outcome of the claim was not read.

    Source

FranchiseChuno Analysis

Our analysis of verified data

How Frankfinn Institute looks once the numbers are checked side by side.

  • •Investment above the Education & Training medianMidpoint ₹112.5 L vs a category median of ₹14 L across brands on FranchiseChuno.
  • āœ“Brand operating for 33 yearsFounded in 1993. The brand doesn't state when franchising began.
  • āœ“Outlet claim matches its store locator65 outlets on its own store locator (1 Nov 2026), in line with the 70 it claims.
  • !1 red flag in the news or public discussionSee Reputation & News below, and ask the brand to address each one.

Data completeness

64%

  • āœ“ Terms checked against the brand's own page
  • āœ“ Published investment (not an estimate)
  • ā—‹ Franchise fee
  • ā—‹ Royalty
  • āœ“ ROI or payback claim
  • ā—‹ Agreement term
  • āœ“ Training details
  • āœ“ Outlet cities verified
  • ā—‹ Company financials
  • āœ“ Legal entity
  • āœ“ News & public opinion checked

Ask Before You Sign

Questions tailored to what Frankfinn Institute does and doesn't publish.

  1. 1Speak to at least 3 franchisees who have run an outlet for 2+ years and see their actual monthly sales and profit — a franchisor making money doesn't mean its franchisees do.
  2. 2Ask for the one-time franchise fee in writing, and whether any part is refundable.
  3. 3Ask for the royalty and any marketing-fund fee, and how they're calculated (on sales or profit).
  4. 4Ask for the agreement term, renewal fee and exit or transfer terms.
  5. 5Ask whether you get an exclusive territory, and how large it is.
  6. 6Ask the brand to respond to each red flag listed under Reputation & News.
  7. 7Have a lawyer review the franchise agreement before paying anything.
  8. 8Visit 2–3 existing outlets and speak to their owners without the brand present.
Running the outletSpace, staff, launch steps, training, support and who does whatShow

Operations Required

What you'll need on the ground to run this franchise day-to-day.

Area Required

2,500 - 3,500 sq ft

Staff Needed

—

Setup Time

—

Owner Involvement

Full-time

Best Locations

Not published

Business Type

Not published

Training & Support

What the brand provides to help you launch and run your franchise.

Operations Manual

Step-by-step playbook for running the outlet

Not published

Supply Chain Support

Vendor sourcing, inventory & logistics

Not published

Technology / POS

Billing, inventory, and management software

Not published

Marketing Support

National & local marketing campaigns

Not included

Launch Support

Pre-opening setup and grand-opening assistance

Not published

Ongoing Field Support

Regular visits and operational coaching

Not published

Training Programme

Frankfinn says it trains franchisee teams in sales, operations and faculty development, updates the curriculum, and runs regular quality audits.

Ongoing Support

Frankfinn's page lists help with location choice, centre planning (mock aircraft cabin, computer labs), national and local marketing, centralised lead management and SOPs.

What Frankfinn Institute franchisees say

We haven't yet heard from enough Frankfinn Institute franchisees to show anything. We publish totals once 3 or more people who run an outlet have answered and we've called each one to check.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the total investment for a Frankfinn Institute franchise?
Frankfinn Institute states an investment of ₹75 lakh–₹150 lakh. Frankfinn's franchise page lists INR 75 lakh-1 crore (tier-1/tier-2, 2,500 sq ft) and INR 1.25-1.5 crore (metro/state capital, 3,500 sq ft). The page does not say what is included, or whether GST is extra. A note under the enquiry form on the same site says 'Approx. INR 75 lakh-1.25 crore (depending on centre size and city)', so the upper end is not stated consistently.
What return does Frankfinn Institute say a franchise makes?
Frankfinn Institute states 55%–70% a year on the total investment. This is the brand's own claim; check it with existing franchisees.
When does a Frankfinn Institute outlet break even?
Frankfinn Institute states that an outlet's monthly operating profit turns positive after about 12–18 months. Break-even is not the same as recovering your investment.
What training does Frankfinn Institute provide?
Frankfinn says it trains franchisee teams in sales, operations and faculty development, updates the curriculum, and runs regular quality audits.

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