French Flight School to Expand 2025 Fleet with 5 New Aircraft and 2 Simulators

30th Apr 2025

France – Mermoz Academy, a France headquartered aviation and pilot training organization, has announced plans to expand its training fleet with the addition of five new aircraft and two new simulators. In 2024 Mermoz Academy placed an order for 10 Tecnam Aircraft.

  • The academy’s existing fleet includes:

    • 11 Tecnam P-Mentor

    • 6 Tecnam P2006

    • 2 Sonaca 200 Trainer Pro

    • 1 Diamond DA42NG

    • 1 Mudry Cap 10

  • As owners of their aircraft, Mermoz Academy manages all maintenance in-house with a dedicated team of mechanics, ensuring thorough aircraft care and reduced downtime.

In February 2023 Canada’s Largest Flight School, Cargair (Cargair Pilot Academy) announced it was partnering with french aviation and pilot training group Mermoz Academy, two institutions with more than 120 years of experience, to offer a new Canadian-European training that will enable future student pilots to obtain the double European and Canadian license.

About Mermoz Academy
Founded in 1957, Mermoz Academy is a French flight training school for airline pilots and cabin crew, renowned for the quality of its teaching. Mermoz Academy is located in Paris (Rungis), and at the airports of Tours and Nîmes, as well as in San Diego, providing students with a full immersion in a realistic airport environment that prepares them for their future careers. With years of experience, rigorous teaching methods, and thanks to its teams and instructors, Mermoz Academy is particularly recognized by its partner airlines for training pilots who are well-prepared for the demands of the sector. To further enhance the quality of our training, we have recently acquired a new state-of-the-art simulator, the ALSIM AL250, designed to offer realistic and immersive training conditions.

Source: Mermoz Academy
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