GAA and Bahrain Polytechnic work together for transport training

The signing ceremony, which was held in GAA’s facilities in Muharraq, was attended by Capt. Ishaq Al Kooheji, Chairman, Mr. Ahmed Al Ali, Board Member, Capt. Dhaffer Al Abbasi, Acting Chief Executive Officer, GAA, Dr. Mohamed Al Aseeri, Acting Chief Executive Officer, Bahrain Polytechnic and Dr Hasan Al Mulla, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Bahrain Polytechnic.
This agreement is the first of its kind in Bahrain, and will allow GAA and BP to work together on combining and centralizing aviation and maritime training under one roof. As an authorized training center, GAA will be providing IATA courses to the Polytechnic’s Logistics Program. GAA in turn will benefit from the education partnership that Bahrain Polytechnic has developed with the Chartered Institute of Logistics Transport (CILT) with the potential for the future development of a full CILT center based at GAA.
Acting CEO for the academy, Capt. Dhaffer Al Abbasi, said: “This kind of venture between our two entities has many advantages that will serve the Kingdom of Bahrain in positioning itself as the training logistics hub of the region.

“Our aim is to unite the training facilities by efficiently investing in the pools of resources of both companies will further develop their training portfolios.”
GAA is a an EASA approved ATO in additional to being approved by Bahrain, Saudi, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, UAE, Jordan, Pakistan and Aruba and offers a wide range of high quality aviation training solutions for the aviation industry in the Middle East, Asia and North Africa region. GAA’s Simulator Centre currently has seven simulator bays with the capacity to train thousands of pilots annually. The Academy is also the only IATA Regional Training Partner (RTP) and an Authorised Training Centre (ATC) in Bahrain.

PICTURED: The teams from both sides celebrate the partnership agreement