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Gulf Air student pilots graduate with Ayla Aviation Academy

Posted on 24 June 2009 in Training

Ayla Aviation's first all Bahraini, all Gulf Air sponsored course for ab-initio pilots reached a successful conclusion with a graduation ceremony at Aqaba's Movenpick hotel.


Academy’s board of directors, CEO, Marwan Atalla and Chairman, Munir Atalla hosted the event which  was attended by parents of the graduates, two members of the Bahraini Embassy, Mr. Ahmad Al‐Reyati and Mr. Mohammed Dawoud, Ayla staff and students and friends.

Course Delta began training in January 2008, and after 17 months  all have received their CPL/IR from
Ayla, which is still the only Gulf Air approved academy in Jordan.

The successful students were Abdulrahman Akbari, Ahmed Husain, Ebrahim Hararah, Husain Al‐Asfoor, Mohamed Aseeri, Mohamed Al‐Ansari, Mohamed Shanbeeh, Nayef Dairi and Rashed Al‐Qattan.

Ayla Aviation Academy is based in Aqaba, Jordan and provides private and commercial pilots licenses
based on a JAA syllabus. Ayla has graduated 90 students to date including course Delta.

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