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Emirates selects GAA for ongoing A330 crew training services

Posted 28 September 2012 · Add Comment

Bahrain's Gulf Aviation Academy (GAA), has been selected to deliver training services and facilities for Emirates Airlines flight crew.

The training is being conducted at the Academy’s facility in Muharraq, and the Emirates Airlines pilots have started their training on GAA’s latest Airbus A330 Full Flight Simulator (FFS) as part of their ongoing training requirements.

Mahmood Al Balooshi, GAA’s chief executive said: “We are very pleased to have been selected to work in partnership with the Emirates Airlines, one of the leading airlines in the world to deliver our aviation training solutions,”

“With our state-of-the-art training facilities and top quality training solutions, we have been able to fulfil our commitment of providing aviation training excellence to our clients in the MENA region.  We look forward to working closely with Emirates Airlines to provide quality training for their crew to support Emirates enormous growth plans. We believe our training agreement will be a platform for further cooperation between the two companies.”

GAA was Bahrain’s first aviation training academy, and one of the few internationally certified aviation training centers in the region, is a UK CAA TRTO and also has Bahrain CAA / DGCA / KDGCA / QCAA / GACA training approvals and offers a wide range of high quality aviation training solutions for the aviation industry in the Middle East and North Africa region.

The Academy is also an IATA Regional Training Partner (RTP) and an Authorised Training Centre (ATC). 

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