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Air India Training Academy CEO Shares Update on 4 Pillars Highlighting India’s Pilot Training Infrastructure Expansion

India – Air India has formally inaugurated the Air India–Airbus Training Center, one of four key pillars of the Air India Aviation Academy, marking a major milestone in the airline’s broader aviation education and training expansion strategy. The inauguration was led by India’s Minister of Civil Aviation, Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu, alongside Air India CEO Campbell Wilson and Airbus CEO of Commercial Aircraft Christian Scherer. The ceremony was attended by members of the Global Airbus SE Board, senior officials from India’s Ministry of Civil Aviation and the DGCA, as well as ambassadors from France, Spain, Germany, Belgium, the EU, and the UK.

  • The Air India–Airbus Training Center will serve as an advanced simulator hub for Air India’s Airbus fleet and represents the first operational component of the carrier’s integrated training ecosystem.

  • The inauguration coincided with the Airbus Global Board’s visit to India for its official meeting — a reflection of the growing strategic partnership between Airbus and the Tata Group-owned airline.

  • Air India Training Academy CEO Sunil Bhaskaran confirmed that the airline’s Boeing fleet simulator center is set to open in the coming weeks, completing the dual-platform simulator infrastructure for both aircraft types.

  • Mr Bhaskaran additionally shared the 4 pillars of the Air India Training Academy
    • “The ATOs (Approved Training Organizations) for advanced simulator training for pilots of our Airbus and Boeing fleet (the above facility is part of it)
    • The Air India Training Academy for classroom and mock-up training (for safety and customer service trainings) which is already training ~2000 Air Indians every day at the Gurugram campus
    • The Air India Flying Training Academy (ab-initio Flying Training Organization) – which should be up and running by Q4 FY26 at Amravati, Maharashtra and
    • The ab-initio AME school (Basic Maintenance Training Organization) which will start in FY27 in Bengaluru, Karnataka“

Source: Air India Training Academy (Sunil Bhaskaran)

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Air India Training Academy CEO Visits US Flight School Base Acron Aviation Academy for Strategic Cadet Training Alignment

Florida, USA – Acron Aviation Academy welcomed Air India Training Academy’s CEO Sunil Bhaskaran for a site visit and strategic planning session. Acron Aviation Academy is a an abinitio cadet program flight training partner of Air India as well as Acron Aviation also being a supplier of full flight simulators to Air India.

Source: Heather Rice (Acron Aviation Academy)

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Jordan’s Mideast Aviation Academy Welcomes Large New Student Cohort in October 2025

Jordan — flight training organisation Mideast Aviation Academy (MAA) has officially welcomed a new cohort of around 16 students as the academy begins its latest academic semester.

The unique training offering that MAA has is in part due to the Academy having entered into a cooperation agreement with Romania’s Regional Air School to streamline the process for pilots seeking the Full European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) license. The agreement was signed on December 18, 2024, by Eng. Mohammad Odeh, Chairman of the Board of Directors, and Mr. Roy Ritter, Director of Training. The partnership establishes an integrated training pathway for pilots aiming to acquire the Full EASA license.

Source: Mideast Aviation Academy

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Record Growth in Women Pilots Celebrated at Turkish Airlines Flight Academy

Türkiye – Turkish Airlines Flight Academy (TAFA), the ab initio pilot training arm of Turkish Airlines, has highlighted that Turkish Airlines has achieving a significant increase in the number of female pilots over the past 20 years. The announcement was made during the dual graduation ceremony of the 130th and 131st squadrons at Turkish Airlines Flight Academy (TAFA).

  • Minister of Family and Social Services Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş emphasized that female pilots now make up 9% of all TAFA graduates, compared to less than 5% in many airlines worldwide

  • Among 560 current cadets, 73 are women, indicating continued momentum in narrowing the gender gap in aviation

  • The minister highlighted aviation pioneers like Bedriye Tahir Gökmen, Türkiye’s first female pilot, as inspirations for today’s graduates

  • Turkish Airlines Chairman Prof. Dr. Ahmet Bolat reiterated the importance of TAFA’s female graduates in achieving the airline’s growth ambitions

  • TAFA CEO Fatih Ünalan confirmed that the share of women in TAFA’s student body has reached 13%, and expressed a vision for further increases

Source: Turkish Airlines Flight Academy

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