Atlantic Flight Training Academy (AFTA), Ireland’s largest pilot training school based at Cork International Airport, has announced the arrival of 97 Libyan airline cadets in Ireland as part of
a major pilot training contract signed between AFTA and the Libyan Ministry of Transport.
Following long negotiations between the new Libyan government and AFTA, the multi-million euro contract was signed by Capt. Mark Casey, President and CEO of AFTA and Mr Mukhtar Fathalla the Libyan Deputy Minister of Transport in Tripoli in late 2013 (pictured).
The Libyan cadets, who arrived in January, have started a six-month English & aviation language foundation course and are expected to begin a 16-month integrated commercial pilot training programme at Cork International Airport at the end of July.
AFTA is expected to receive a further 100 Libyan cadets in Ireland by July of this year, making this the largest pilot training contract ever to be signed by an Irish Flight Training Academy.
Once the Libyan cadets have completed their pilot training in Ireland, it is expected that they will return to Libya to take up positions as First Officers with one of the national carriers, Afriqiyah Airways or Libyan airlines.
Atlantic Flight Training Academy has been successfully training commercial airline pilots for nearly 20 years at Cork International Airport.
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