Ethiopian Airlines disclosed its aviation academy, Ethiopian Aviation Academy, joined the IATA’s global training partner network to make it an IATA Authorized Training Center.

According to a press release by the Airline, the Academy secured the recognition after the evaluation of its successful application to become an IATA Authorized Training Center by the IATA Training and Development Institute and the IATA Regional Office.

Now the Academy has secured the recognition, it is allowed to render additional programs; IATA International Travel & Tourism Training Program and Foundation in Travel & Tourism.

Commenting on this Ethiopian Airlines Group CEO, Tewolde Gebremariam, said, “This recognition is the result of the continuous heavy investment we are making on human resource development, a critical pillar of our Vision 2025 strategy. In the last 4 years alone, we have invested more than 80 million dollars to expand both the scope of the training and the in-take capacity of the Academy”.

The CEO furthered, “Today, our Academy receives over 1,000 students per year to train pilots, aircraft technicians, cabin crew, marketing and finance personnel, customer service agents as well as aviation leaders. Going forward, we plan to increase this in-take capacity to 4,000 by 2025, so as to cater for the growing training need in the continent".

The Academy was recently voted by African Airlines Association as "Airline Training Services Provider of the Year". In addition to this, the Academy is certified by the Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority, the U.S Federal Aviation Administration, the European Aviation Safety Agency, and IOSA (IATA Safety Audit).

Source: Ethiopian Airlines Press Release