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UK Flight School Prepares for Future Strategic Investment

United Kingdom Brighton City Airport-based flight school FTA Global (FTA) is preparing for both attracting and making significant future capital investment in UK pilot training. The first key step in the company’s plan, is the announcement confirming the appointment of respected aviation industry veteran, Anthony Petteford as Strategic Adviser.

Petteford, who has previously both led and invested in prestigious ab initio pilot training industry brands, including Oxford Aviation Academy (now CAE) and CTC Aviation (now L3Harris) – is well-placed to support the FTA team with their strategic growth ambitions in the UK CAA, EASA and Global pilot training markets. His 26-year CV has seen him: oversee the training of over 10,000 cadets; develop award-winning ATPL multimedia; launch the inaugural MPL to the UK with Flybe and easyJet; and gain global ATO approvals with international Regulators, including the USA, MENA, Asia and Australia/NZ. 

FTA’s Managing Director, Sean Jacob said “Anthony and I have known each other for some time and it is with enormous pleasure that I now welcome him to the FTA team.  We share a mutual ambition to deliver positive change into the world of commercial pilot training. Our goal is to ensure that, by differentiating our approach, the biggest beneficiaries are the students and the airlines that they go on to fly with.”

Anthony Petteford added “Since my early industry days in the 1990s with the then UK Oxford Air Training School – when airlines sponsored and funded cadet programmes – our approach to airline pilot training has evolved materially. I’ve witnessed significant periods of exciting change, growth and – of course – cyclical challenges for our industry, and have been proud to help create and launch initiatives that support and benefit both pilots and airlines.  

“I am delighted to join Sean and his team at FTA to share my varied experience and help them achieve their investment and growth ambitions. I see huge value in the UK modular training environment, and look forward to helping to build upon FTA’s strategic emphasis on the qualities of being ‘Trained in Britain’.”

100% of FTA’s training is delivered in the UK exposing students to challenging conditions from the outset, making for better, more prepared pilots. FTA also partners with Bristol Ground School to offer a distance learning option for their Advanced Modular Package. 

Source: FTA Global Press Release
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Epic Aviation, US Flight School Investing Another US4 Million into Aircraft Maintenance Training Expansion

Florida, United States headquartered Epic Aviation (Epic Flight Academy) has shared that the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) board has approved a 30-year lease contract with Epic Aviation for a new aviation maintenance training facility that will train a pipeline of qualified aircraft maintenance technicians. The contract has the option to extend to 10 years, twice. Epic Aviation is working with FEAM AERO, the largest leading provider of aircraft line maintenance services in the United States, in the establishment of the new facility which will stand on a 4-acre land.

Epic Aviation will invest $4 million into the new facility and rapidly grows its presence in the US following its expansion into aircraft maintenance training in 2019/2020.

Source: Epic Aviation
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European Flight School Expands with the Acquisition of Another ATO

Spain headquartered World Aviation Group has purchased the company AEROCENTER, a Spain based aviation school with ATO 055 and CAO 126 certification.

The activity of the World Aviation Group focuses on the provision of aeronautical services, developing and managing specialized engineering solutions, transport, maintenance, operational safety and training. Its activity, essential within the industry value chain, successfully covers the development of projects in different areas. Within the group, World Aviation Flight Academy acts as a pilot training school, ATO 272, and with the recent acquisition of AEROCENTER it expands its training offer with a more extensive catalogue, especially aimed at fixed-wing pilots.

With this purchase, World Aviation grows, thus increasing its production capacity and being perfectly dimensioned, for the present and for the future, going on to operate 18 aircraft between helicopters and airplanes, which significantly increases its presence and leadership. in the sector at the national level.

World Aviation Flight Academy will be responsible for the integration of the students as well as the teaching and technical staff. For their part, the partners of AEROCENTER, with their extensive experience in the sector, will develop different activities for the school as external collaborators.

“The acquisition of AEROCENTER is part of our expansion strategy. Through the integration of a complementary company, we obtain a privileged position in the industry, gaining in competitiveness and increasing our services. We maximize the opportunities that our students and future pilots may demand,” said World Aviation Group.

“We are delighted to be part of this new project and to participate by contributing all our experience in the aeronautical training sector,” said AEROCENTER.

Source: World Aviation Group Press Release
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Portugal Flight School, SevenAir Academy, Acquires Large Flight School Assets to Grow to over 50 Aircraft

Sevenair Academy, the largest and oldest aviation academy in Portugal and an international reference for the industry announced today that it has acquired the pilot training assets of a large Flight School operator in Portugal after an international closed tender.

“We learned in May that L3Harris was moving out of Portugal closing its activity and being Portugal our main base of operations we had to try to make this consolidation. We managed to get approved for a closed tender where I believe we were 8 bidders of which some were highly renowned international companies. After several stages of the process our offer was considered the winning offer.” said Alexandre Alves, Chief Commercial Officer at SevenAir.

With this acquisition Sevenair Academy becomes one of the largest pilot training school in Europe with 3 training locations in Portugal, over 30.000m2 of dedicated facilities, over 50 aircraft of which 40 are equipped with glass cockpit and are not more than 4 years old, 6 simulators and a 134 double room campus to accommodate the students all that combined with a consolidated experience of over 42 years training thousands of pilots.

This unique capability in terms of offer aligned with the best flying conditions in Europe will allow Sevenair Academy to train 400 students per year mostly international students not only in the B2C market but also for some B2B customers such as leading European and Middle East Airlines who are in need of a large pipeline of highly trained pilots.

Source: SevenAir Academy Press Release

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Canadian Flight School Announces Expansion – New 12,600 SQ. FT Building with Hangar and Simulator Rooms

Select Aviation College, a Flight Training Academy located in Gatineau/Ottawa, Quebec, Canada, operating a fleet of 30 training aircraft has shared that it is currently constructing a new 12600-Square-Foot new building which will include a Select Aviation Maintenance hangar, 6 classrooms fully equipped with new technology systems and 3 simulator rooms.

Source: Select Aviation College announcement

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