PIA has planned to build 12 new training centers in six months in all major cities of Pakistan with an overall capacity of approximately 1,200 students per year. This was stated by Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Aviation Shujaat Azeem while inaugurating the Training Center at the PIA Complex, Lahore Airport, on Saturday.
Shujaat Azeem said on advice of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif PIA has taken this grand initiative for Pakistani youth as part of its corporate social responsibility. "It will help our youth to meet the challenges of the airline industry. Lahore's initiative is the first one and second center will be opening in Rawalpindi in mid of October whereas more centers will be opened in Peshawar, Quetta, Nawabshah, Swat, Muzaffarabad, Sukkur, Multan, Faisalabad and Hyderabad soon," he added.
According Azeem, the PIA Training Center is the only training resource in the country that has been awarded ANO-147 approval by the Civil Aviation Authority of Pakistan in line with European standards. They are offering airline industry courses on very competitive and affordable price compared to other local and international training centers. Commenting on the airline current situation, he said 15 new aircraft on the dry lease would be inducted in next few months while three Airbus A-320 aircraft have already been inducted and were in operation.