Business | Aviation
UAE to train India and Italy airline staff
Courses will include safety and cargo
- By Nadia Saleem, Staff Reporter, Gulf News
- Published: 00:00 November 24, 2009
Dubai: The UAE-based aviation institute, Academy of Technical Training (ATT), will soon lend its industry expertise to airline personnel in Italy and India, officials said.
The only Middle East institute that provides aviation courses as its core business, it will set up another training institute in India next month in a joint venture with a private Indian company called Falcon Arrow Aviation Services and Training based in New Delhi, general manager of ATT, Michael Davies said.
The contract was firmed up during the Dubai Airshow last week, after the Indian company selected the UAE institute from the numerous others at the show.
Additionally, it made a deal with an Italian government agency to provide aviation safety training.
"We will send out instructors to Naples, Italy and award our certificates from the UAE upon completion of the course," Shabab Attarzadeh, head of training said.
The institute, certified by the General Civil Aviation Authority of the UAE and several international industry authorities such as Flight Safety Foundation and NFPA, has trained about 2,000 industry personnel in the past five years.
Initially, it only dealt with Middle East government organisations such as the air force, army, police, air wing, Ministry of Defence, Interior Ministry, and civil aviation authorities. It then spread its wings to include various airlines and airports and is now crossing its borders and also launching new courses.
"The Indian subcontinent is looking at a lot of new airlines. We will be taking the overflow of the current Indian aviation industry training centres," Attarzadeh said.
The centre provides courses such as safety management systems, safety assessment of foreign aircraft, airside safety accident investigation and cargo operations.
It offers 23 courses in total, conducted by 38 instructors, most of whom are outsourced, and working in the aviation industry.
"At any given time we have six courses with up to 30 students in each. We keep numbers low to keep quality high," Attarzadeh said.
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