United Arab Emirates – Intercontinental Aviation Academy UAE (IAA UAE), the global headquarters of the FlyIAA network, has announced an expansion of its upcoming national training infrastructure with the signing of a strategic Memorandum of Understanding with Emirates Falcon Air Strip during the Dubai Airshow 2025. The agreement will seek to establish a second operational base in Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, significantly increasing the Academy’s training capacity which is set to begin in Ras Al Khaimah.

• Operations at the new Al Ain base are scheduled to begin in February 2026, coinciding with the arrival of IAA’s new Diamond Aircraft fleet, which will enter service in early 2026.

• The expansion will give IAA UAE two fully operational UAE training bases — Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) and Al Ain

• Recent strong student intake prompted IAA to target a second base

Source: IAA