GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd (GHIAL) has launched Asia Pacific Flight Training (APFT) Academy here to impart pilot training and ground training.
The institute has been set up in technical collaboration with Asia Pacific Flight Training Sdn Bhd, Malaysia, and located adjacent to the international airport in Hyderabad.
The first flight training course is planned to commence in July 2013, a company release said.
SGK Kishore, CEO,GHIAL, said domestic aviation industry requires a large number of trained professionals, so such an institute was needed.
APFT will offer a wide range of courses including the flagship Commercial Pilot License Programme (one and half years duration), Private Pilot License, Flight Instructors, Instrument Rating and Multi Engine Rating, etc. The training programme conforms to international standards and regulations with pilots’ licenses awarded by DGCA, India, it said.