Lufthansa Aviation Training
Lufthansa Aviation Training GmbH is the flight academy subsidiary of Lufthansa, that trains Lufthansa Group pilots as well as cabin and technical staff. The company has about 500 employees[1] and has been in business for around 50 years.[2]
Operations
Structure
Lufthansa Aviation Training owns 9 subsidiaries: Lufthansa Aviation Training Crew Academy GmbH, Lufthansa Aviation Training Berlin GmbH, Lufthansa Aviation Training Operations Germany GmbH, Lufthansa Aviation Training Germany GmbH, Lufthansa Aviation Training Austria GmbH, Lufthansa Aviation Training USA Inc., Lufthansa Aviation Training Pilot Academy GmbH and Aviation Quality Services (AQS).[citation needed]
Locations
As of 2021, Lufthansa Aviation Training maintains two brands with the following locations:[3]
- Lufthansa Aviation Training – Berlin, Essen, Frankfurt am Main, Cologne, Munich, Vienna and Zürich
- European Flight Academy – Bremen, Grenchen, Phoenix (Arizona), Rostock and Zürich
In February 2021, Lufthansa Aviation Training announced they would move all German practical training from Bremen Airport to Rostock Airport.[4]
Lufthansa Aviation Training USA
The Aviation Training Center Arizona is a facility in Goodyear, Arizona, where future Lufthansa pilots conduct flight training with small aircraft. It is operated by the Lufthansa subsidiary Lufthansa Aviation Training. The base contains a building where the students live in their own apartments.
Aviation Quality Services GmbH
Aviation Quality Services (AQS) is a subsidiary of Lufthansa Flight Training,[5] located in Frankfurt, Germany. The company is an IATA accredited IOSA Audit Organization[6] and an IATA accredited Endorsed Training Organization.[7] AQS conducts audits, and auditor, quality, and Safety Management Systems training. In 2003, AQS was the first company to be accredited by IATA as an IOSA Audit Organization and Endorsed Training Organization. Two years later, the company became the world's leading IOSA Audit Organization.[8]
Fleet
Lufthansa Aviation Training uses the following aircraft types for training purposes:[citation needed]
- Beechcraft Bonanza
- Cessna 525 Citation CJ1+
- Cirrus SR20
- Diamond DA42[9]
- Diamond DA42[9]
- Grob G 120
- Piper PA-42 Cheyenne
- Piper PA-44 Seminole
- Saab 91B Safir
See also
References
- ^ Annual report 2009
- ^ Lufthansa Flight Training. Aerospace-technology.com
- ^ lufthansa-aviation-training.com – Locations retrieved 17 February 2021
- ^ aerotelegraph.com (German) 17 February 2021
- ^ "Lufthansa Aviation Training – Home – lufthansa-aviation-training.com". www.lufthansa-aviation-training.com. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
- ^ IATA – IOSA Audit Organizations Archived 2011-02-07 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ IATA – IOSA Auditor Training course
- ^ IATA Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Phelps, Mark (22 December 2022). "Lufthansa Aviation Training Takes Another Seven Diamond DA42-IVs". AVweb. Archived from the original on 23 December 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
External links
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