Global Flight Training Group, Airways Aviation Group, Announces Latest Appointment for Chief Technical Officer

Global flight training group Airways Aviation, which operates pilot training academies across Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Oceanic region has welcomedas part of the team, JoséCosta as its new Chief Technical Officer.

José Costa holds a MSc in Aeronautical Engineering from the Portuguese Air Force Academy,and his distinguished career encompasses key roles such as Fleet Manager for the Portuguese Air Force, Director of Airworthiness and Maintenance at CAE Inc, and the first EASA CAMO Post-holder for EMBRAER Executive Jets.

José’s legacy and influence persist in the aerospace industryin all companies and countries where he has worked.

Hebringsto Airways Aviationa robust professional background, marked by extensive international experience in Defense and leading Aerospace OEMs. Hispreviousroles have consistently placed him in positions of technical management responsibility, where he has played a crucial lead role representing organizations and fostering connections with customers and suppliers worldwide.

His commitment to excellence is evident in the successful reshaping of operational models, negotiation of groundbreaking contracts, and pioneering of digitalization initiatives. As José navigates the aerospace realm, he remains dedicated to advancing industry standards and shaping a dynamic future.

For all of this, Airways Aviation Group welcomes him to their global team as he restructures and grows maintenance and engineering capabilitiesthroughout Airways Aviation’ network,enabling the companytoprovide the safest, high quality and state of the art technical support to its training fleet and extend it to third party customers.

Airways AviationESMAis part of Airways Aviation Group, the largest privately owned aviation training organization outside the US. With operationsin Montpellier, South of France, it’sone of the largest aviation training organizations in Europe.

Airways Aviation Group has direct presence in 10 countriesof 4 continents,where it offers aviation training from pilot to cabin crew passing from maintenance technicians, ground handlers, military programs up to higher education programs in cooperation with respected universities.

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