18 March 2022; Colombo - SriLankan Aviation College recently concluded seven Airbus A320 NEO and Airbus A330 Level III Differences training sessions for Gerry’s dnata and Airblue teams successfully. The eight-day training sessions were conducted by the college’s esteemed instructor panel‚ allowing the participants an insight into the airline’s engineering maintenance operations.
SriLankan Aviation College currently holds the approval of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), Maldives Civil Aviation Authority (MCAA) and the Civil Aviation Authorities of Pakistan (PCAA) and Sri Lanka (CAASL) and has provided aircraft maintenance trainings for a notable amount of Pakistani aviation professionals over the years.
The college recently trained multiple batches of Airblue professionals‚ Pakistan’s second largest airline with domestic and international flights at the SriLankan Aviation College premises; SriLankan aircraft maintenance facility in Sri Lanka and the PIA training centre in Karachi‚ Pakistan which the college’s instructors visited to provide the training. The training for the Gerry’s dnata team‚ one of the world’s largest air services providers offering ground handling, cargo, travel, and flight catering services‚ was conducted at the SriLankan Aviation College premises in Katunayake‚ Sri Lanka.
Commenting on the newly concluded trainings, Primal De Silva - General Manager, SriLankan Aviation College said, “it has been an absolute pleasure providing our training services to Airblue and Gerry’s dnata where our instructors had the opportunity to train students both here in Sri Lanka and in Pakistan. As an educational institution fully accredited by the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority, we are fully equipped to provide a wide range of training programmes to both individuals and organizations in Pakistan, while also optimizing our programmes to be as effective and convenient as possible, as per their needs.”
The world fleet is expected to more than double over the next 20 years with the addition of 37,400 aircraft. SriLankan Aviation College is geared to provide training to the global market, offering an array of aircraft type training courses as per international standards and meet the demand for aircraft maintenance training created by this significant growth. The steady growth of international students enrolled to the college each year is a testament to the quality of the training provided and the reputation it has gained worldwide.
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