GMR Aviation Academy (GMRAA), the aviation/airport training arm of the GMR Group based in New Delhi India, signed a Strategic Alliance Agreement with Gulf Aviation Academy, an established and accredited training academy in the Kingdom of Bahrain, as part of their expansion strategy. Each party shall offer in house programs in their campuses based on the requirements of the market in each country. GMR AA will initially offer a wide variety of their aviation programs in Bahrain targeting the potential market in the MENA region.
The agreement was signed by Mr P S Nair, Chief Executive Officer of GMR Airports Ltd. and Capt. Dhaffer AlAbbasi, Chief Executive Officer of Gulf Aviation Academy at the GMR Aviation Academy’s Hyderabad campus located at the Hyderabad International Airport on 17th July 2018. This agreement is aimed at combining the strengths of each party to explore the opportunities with such distinct fortes.
P.S. Nair, CEO – GMR Airports, in a statement said: “GMR Aviation Academy is committed towards creating a continual talent pipeline of well-trained and certified Aviation professionals globally. The signing of Strategic Alliance Agreement with Gulf Aviation Academy, is yet another landmark moment towards that goal; and with the joint efforts and synergy, we shall be able to reach out to the businesses in the MENA region, who shall be trained to be employable at our airports as well as with other stakeholders in the Aviation ecosystem.”.
Capt. Dhaffer AlAbbasi, GAA, stated “This agreement is a start of a very strong strategic positioning of GAA and GMR in both India and Bahrain. Having a partner in a growing aviation market such as India opens the door to further development of both the client base and types of programs offered. We are looking forward in partnering with a strong company such as GMR and have great expectations for further future alliances in different programs. “
About GMR Aviation Academy
GMR Aviation Academy (GMRAA) is the training arm of GMR Group which operates airports in India and overseas. The inception of GMR Aviation Academy (GMRAA) took place in the year 2009, with the objective of providing professional training and enhancing the knowledge & skills of GMR Airport’s personnel. The academy delivers ACI, IATA, ICAO and DGCA approved training programs for the Asia Pacific, Middle East and African regions.
It is also conferred with ACI’s Global Training Hub (GTH) and IATA’s Approved Training Centre and Accredited Training School. The highest honour an Aviation Academy can aspire for is acquiring the stature of ‘Regional Training Centre of Excellence’ (RTCE) conferred by the ICAO – the global regulator for Civil Aviation. GMR AA is the 1st and the only one in India, 3rd in Asia Pacific Region and 6th in the World to have been bestowed with this recognition of the highest order.
The programmes are designed by the time tested ‘Trainair Plus’ model promoted by the ICAO and the On-the-Job Training (OJT) at the world’s top rated airports at Delhi and Hyderabad.
The highly skilled and experienced Faculty Members bring vast and diversified learnings of many decades from the field of airport operations, airlines services, air traffic control & navigation services, cargo operations, safety, security and also from aviation corporate world.
Additional information about GMR Aviation Academy is available at www.gmraviationacademy.org
About Gulf Aviation Academy
Gulf Aviation Academy (GAA) was established in July 2009 by Bahrain’s Mumtalakat Holding Company with the aim to provide top quality end-to-end aviation training solutions for the MENA region.
GAA has received the Approved Training Organization (ATO) 0001 approval from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and many other civil aviation authorities in GCC and MENA region including DGCA, India.
GAA is also the first academy outside the UK to be a CAAi (subsidiary of the UK CAA) Accredited Initial Safety Training Cabin Crew Training Organization (EU OPS) and also Part-147 Approval for maintenance training
GAA was awarded the Aviation Security Training Center (ASTC) certification by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
The Academy now offers training services to Pilots, cabin crew, Engineers, Air Traffic Controllers, Airport Security Personnel’s, Ground service personnel’s etc
The Academy’s simulator building houses 4 simulators in Bahrain and 1 in Amsterdam and training building houses cabin crew and engineering training infrastructure.
