Baltic Aviation Academy

Baltic Aviation Academy
Join Stock Company
Industry Aerospace
Founded 2006
Headquarters Lithuania, Vilnius, Dariaus ir Girėno st. 21, LT-02189
Area served
 EU, CEE, CIS & other countries
Key people
 Eglė Vaitkevičiūtė (CEO)[1]
Services Ab Initio Pilot Training (FTO)
Type Rating Courses (TRTO)
Flight Instructor Type Rating
Cabin Crew Training
General Transportation Training
Aviation English Language Training Course[2]
Parent Avia Solutions Group[3]
Website Baltic Aviation Academy Website

Baltic Aviation Academy is one of the leading aviation training organizations in Eastern Europe. Approved as CAA/JAA Flight Training Organization (FTO) and Type Rating Training Organization (TRTO), Baltic Aviation Academy offers courses for pilots and cabin crew at every stage of their careers, as well as Instructor courses and Crew Resource Management (CRM) training. The course completion certificates issued by the Baltic Aviation Academy are valid in EASA/JAA area as well as approved by CAA of Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Israel and Ukraine. Baltic Aviation Academy is a part of group of aviation-related companies Avia Solutions Group.[4]

History

Lithuania was always famous for its aviation-related training activities. Rapid growth of the number of Boeing and Airbus aircraft in CIS region and demand for crews for these aircraft pushed investors in 2006 to establish Baltic Aviation Academy. Total investment approximated to $17M into its headquarters in Vilnius with places for 4 FFS. The academy has grown into an FTO and TRTO training organization providing type rating for 18[5] aircraft types and operating full flight simulators all over the world.

In 2009 Baltic Aviation Academy started a new service – pilot and cabin crew lease. This step was strengthened by a signed contract with Ryan Aviation Recruitment.[6]

Being already a well-recognized brand in CIS aviation market, since 2010 Baltic Aviation Academy has been rapidly expanding to Central and Western European markets.[7][8]

Training

Initial training (pilots and cabin crew)

Baltic Aviation Academy is certified as FTO - Flight Training Organization. It provides training for obtaining of the following licences: Private Pilot Licence (PPL), Commercial Pilot Licence (CPL), Multi Engine Pistons (MEP) and Single Engine Pistons (SEP) class ratings, Instrument Rating (IR), Airline Transport Pilot Licence (ATPL) and other courses.

Type rating courses (pilots and flight attendants)

Baltic Aviation Academy has the TRTO (Type Rating Training Organization) certificate and helps pilots achieve required Type Rating Certificates with FFS training in different cities of Europe and *USA for the following types of aircraft:

  • Embraer 135/145[9]
  • Embraer 170/190
  • Bombardier CRJ 100/200
  • Bombardier CRJ 700/900

Other aviation training courses

Baltic Aviation Academy Tecnam P2006T

Pilot and cabin crew lease

Baltic Aviation Academy has a pool of certified pilots and flight attendants that it offers its customers for short-term or long-term lease. Pilots are leased for more than 10 airline companies and total amount of crew managed by BAA is in the range of 200 depending on the season.

Full flight simulators

Baltic Aviation Academy runs a number of full flight simulators that are located worldwide. All simulators are certified and JAA approved:

Development

By the end of 2010, Baltic Aviation Academy pursued 34 training programs with 2000 annual students, being trained by 100 professional flight instructors, half of which come from foreign countries. The company plans to provide trainings for 5000 pilots, which are to spend more than 18 000 hours in the full flight simulators during 2011.[11]

At the start of 2012, Baltic Aviation Academy was operating 45 training programs, the centre had 135 high-skilled pilot training instructors from Lithuania, Latvia, Sweden, Slovenia, Italy, Greece, Germany, Austria and other Western countries. The company already counts over 10,000 trained aviation professionals.

References

  1. ↑ Avia Solutions Group - Investor Relations - Managers of Controlled Companies
  2. ↑ Baltic Aviation Academy - Training Courses
  3. ↑ Avia Solutions Group - Controlled Companies
  4. ↑ Avia Solutions Group companies
  5. ↑ Avia Solutions Group Companies - Baltic Aviation Academy
  6. ↑ Ryan Aviation Recruitment and Baltic Aviation Academy sign co-operation agreement
  7. ↑ Baltic Aviation Academy Starts Embraer Type Rating Training
  8. ↑ This Year Baltic Aviation Academy Became the Fastest Growing Pilot Training Centre in the Eastern Europe
  9. ↑ Baltic Aviation Academy begins ERJ-145 pilot type rating
  10. ↑ Boeing B737 CL simulator at Baltic Aviation Academy
  11. ↑ http://www.balticaa.com/en/about-us/news-and-press-releases/baltic-aviation-academy-increased-foreign-students-number/

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