Toussus-le-Noble, France – Astonfly, one of France’s leading flight training academies, has appointed Saïd Hadid as its new Chief Executive Officer, marking a strategic move to strengthen leadership and expand the school’s influence across the European pilot training sector.

• Saïd Hadid brings a comprehensive aviation background, having started flying at age 14 and later serving as a professional pilot, instructor, and Flight Director across several advanced flight domains.

• His instructional expertise includes aerobatics, mountain flying, glacier operations, and Upset Prevention and Recovery Training (UPRT), with a strong emphasis on safety and operational excellence.

• He also led the French Advanced Aerobatics Team as Team Manager from 2019 to 2023, reinforcing his credentials in high-performance training and leadership.

• As CEO, Hadid aims to enhance theoretical instruction, in-flight training standards, and student support, with a goal to position Astonfly as a top-tier European benchmark for quality, safety, and supervision in ab initio flight training. “His vision is to establish Astonfly as a European reference not only for training volume but for pilot selection, performance, safety, and supervision.” shared Astonfly

The entire Astonfly team welcomes this appointment, which fully aligns with the school’s growth and excellence strategy developed over recent years. With over 2,000 students trained and an exclusive partnership with Ryanair.

Source: Astonfly
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