AirAsia selects Aviation Australia to deliver aircraft maintenance engineer training
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(CAPA) AirAsia has selected Aviation Australia to deliver its aircraft maintenance engineer training for its engineers. AirAsia has commenced a conversion and examination programme on site at the AirAsia Academy in Kuala Lumpur this month with an option for a further course in 2008.
The training, which will be conducted by Aviation Australia to AirAsia’s existing aircraft engineers, fulfill the theory requirements regulated by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Part 66 license.
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is the centerpiece of the European Union’s strategy for aviation safety. Its core mission is to promote the highest common standards of safety and environmental protection in civil aviation. The European Aviation Safety Agency is developing close working relationships with counterpart organisations across the world including the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in the United States and the aviation authorities of Canada, Brazil, Israel, China and Russia. Working arrangements between the Agency and these organizsations are aimed at harmonizing standards and promoting best practice in aviation safety world-wide.
Tony Fernandes, Group CEO of AirAsia said, “our ever expending fleet expansion must be supported by highly skilled engineers thus we are pleased to be working with a reputable training organization such as Aviation Australia. Its flexibility in the delivery of the programmes fit extremely well with our existing training. Their world-class conversion training to the EASA standard at AirAsia Academy is fantastic and we are confident that this represents the best possible solution to our current requirements in Asia Pacific”.
“The founding of this training is very important as it reflects our continuous commitment to invest in the training of our people and prepares them for quality and globally recognised training modules. In addition to that, we hope to leverage on Aviation Australia global and vast expertise to complement our highest quality and its safety standards. In addition to that, we aim to produce highly competent engineers to meet the dynamic needs of the aviation industry in Malaysia,” concluded Mr Fernandes.
Aviation Australia was founded in 2001 by the Queensland State Government with the cooperation of major airlines, aerospace companies and universities. Brisbane-based Aviation Australia is the only non-European organisation to hold EASA Part 147 approval to deliver the full suite of basic aircraft engineering qualifications which is the platform the Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority have recently used to model their new licensing structure against and the outcome Air Asia will use.
Paul Bredereck, CEO Aviation Australia, said: “The growth in the Asia Pacific region has been phenomenal in recent years and shows no signs of slowing. Aviation Australia is well positioned to deliver to this market, in particular to quality low cost airlines such as Air Asia who have a strong training commitment but use the expertise of specialist organizations such as Aviation Australia to keep the costs low, yet still obtain world class standards and qualifications. The awarding of this training contract to Brisbane based, Aviation Australia is further evidence of the growing trade between Malaysia and Queensland.”
Aviation Australia will deliver a conversion programme to 24 students on site in Kuala Lumpur over 16 weeks consisting of theory refresher and EASA exams. On successful completion, students will be presented with an EASA certificate of recognition from Aviation Australia showing examination credits towards the EASA Part 66 B1.1 Turbine Aeroplane license.
Date posted: 21-Nov-07
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