airBaltic Training Pilot Academy Builds New Hangar
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airBaltic Training has launched the construction of a newaircraft hangar in Liepaja. The new aircraft hangar will provide a place formore than 15 training aircraft and a workshop for the Diamond aircrafttechnical maintenance. It is planned that the construction will be finalized bythe end of 2019.
airBaltic, together with Transport Minister of the Republicof Latvia Tālis Linkaits, partners from International Airport Liepaja, Liepaja’scity council and construction company LTD PICHE, gathered to celebrate the nextstep of the airBaltic new aircraft hangar construction process at InternationalAirport Liepaja by inserting Time Capsule in the foundation of the hangar.
“Now we will have a fully equipped hangar for our moderntraining aircraft and their maintenance,” adds Pauls Cālītis, airBaltic SVPFlight Operations. “Last month we also completed an order of additional DiamondAircraft to support the continued growth of our training capabilities. Inaddition, since July we are certified by The Latvian Civil Aviation Agency toperform Diamond aircraft maintenance on our own.”
Currently airBaltic Pilot Academy has seven trainingaircraft – six Diamond DA40 and one Diamond DA42. Another three DiamondAircraft will be delivered to airBaltic Pilot Academy in 2020. Already thisautumn the first students will graduate the program and join airBaltic aspilots.
It is planned that the autumn group of airBaltic PilotAcademy will begin their studies in September, with the winter group inNovember.
