Ethiopian Aviation Academy graduates professionals



The Ethiopian Airlines Aviation Academy (EAAA), a full ICAO TRAINAIR Plus member and IATA authorized global training center, has graduated 14 pilots, 53 Aviation Technicians, 38 Marketing Agents and 38 Cabin Crew.

A statement issued in Accra by Mr Tewolde GebreMariam, Group Chief Executive Officer of Ethiopian, said the graduates includes nine trainee pilots from Rwanda, three of which are female.

He said “Ethiopian Airlines believes in the potential of African Aviation and is strategically positioning itself to train the African youth in the latest Aviation technology and latest aviation skills to own, manage and operate their own indigenous home grown African Airlines to lead safe, secure, economical and reliable aviation industry with global standards.”

He said in line with this strategic thought, management was very happy to make the Ethiopian Aviation Academy, a center of excellence in the continent with the adequate capacity to train more than 4,000 African Aviation professionals every year.

He said EAAA was well on its way to becoming one of the seven profit centers of Ethiopian Airlines as outlined in its Vision 2025.

“The EAAA is already the leading aviation training center in Africa and aims to expand its acceptance capacity to 4000 trainees annually,” he said.

The CEO said the academy has kept a reasonable percentage of its capacity for trainees from other African countries contributing to the growth of the aviation industry in the continent.

Management of the Academy has finished constructing several new buildings as part of its expansion programme including a cafeteria, a commercial and cabin crew training school, an auditorium, an aviation maintenance training school and a pilot training school.

The Academy also bought new cabin crew door trainers for all aircraft types in the Ethiopian fleet and a full motion Cabin Emergency Evacuation Trainer combined with a standard swimming pool for Safety and Emergency Procedures.

SOURCE:GNA