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AAG Philippines: Building careers of aspiring and professional pilots

<p>&lpar;Manila&comma; Philippines&comma; December 13&comma; 2012&rpar; — Alpha Aviation Group &lpar;AAG&rpar;&comma; the world’s leading aviation training provider&comma; is continuously expanding operations across Europe&comma; Middle East&comma; and Southeast Asia&comma; specifically in locations where there is strong market growth&comma; such as the United Kingdom&comma; United Arab Emirates&comma; and the Philippines&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>AAG has forged partnerships with an estimated 80 percent of the country’s leading and expanding commercial airline companies such as Philippine Airlines&comma; Zest Air&comma; SEAir&comma; Cebu Pacific and Airphil Express to train these companies’ professional pilots&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>AAG’s state-of-the-art academy&comma; located in Clark Freeport Zone&comma; Pampanga&comma; is equipped with world-class learning and recreational facilities&period; Ground school trainings are conducted in briefing rooms&comma; and classrooms installed with the cutting-edge computer-based training facilities&period; Accommodations are on-site and students may choose from dormitory-style&comma; single and twin en-suite rooms&period; The campus also features a gym&comma; dining areas that serve local and international fare&comma; a student lounge&comma; and Wi-Fi connectivity&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to AAG Philippines chief operating officer Kunal Sharma&comma; the demand for pilots will reach approximately 183&comma;200 in the Asia Pacific Region in the next &nbsp&semi;20 years&period; This is due to the rise of low-cost carriers &lpar;LCC&rpar; throughout the world and the single-aisle airplanes such as the Airbus A320&comma; which will account for majority of deliveries&period; Approximately 34 percent of deliveries will be coming from the Asia-Pacific region&period; To help produce highly competent and professional pilots&comma; AAG Philippines trains these cadets with the use of their state-of-the-art resources&period; Last year&comma; the academy launched the A320 Level D Full Flight Simulator &lpar;FFS&rpar;&comma; which behaves like the actual A320&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Flying high with AAG<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Our academy in the Philippines offers aviation courses&comma; each dedicated to facilitate in the pilot’s mastery of the aircraft through high fidelity simulators used in computer-based trainings&comma;” said AAG General Manager Nigel Harris&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;These courses are designed to comply with international standard safety and procedures&period; Aspiring and professional pilots can avail them depending on their aircraft specialties&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Airline Pilot Training course is&nbsp&semi; the fastest method towards qualifying for the airline&period; The 18 month course is comprised of all the elements required for an aspiring airline pilot to qualify for the First Officer rank on the A320&period; Cadets undergo 230 hours of basic flight training then proceed to the Airbus 320 training&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>AAG Philippines’ accredited flight simulators are used to conduct modules such as multi-crew cooperation&comma; A320 Integrated Procedures Training&comma; and various A320 Full Flight Simulator courses&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>With aviation courses being highly dependent on Full Flight Simulators &lpar;FFS&rpar;&comma; aviation training providers must secure global industry certifications&period; This year&comma; AAG Philippines received two certifications from the mention European Aviation Safety Agency &lpar;EASA&rpar; and Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines &lpar;CAAP&rpar; for their A320 FFS&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Our EASA certificate and CAAP accreditation mark another milestone for AAG Philippines and our mission of delivering quality aviation training services to our partners in the airline industry&comma;” said Merit Gabriel&comma; Vice President-Commercial of AAG Philippines&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We produce an average of 70 graduates per year including graduated from all courses&comma;” said Harris&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Among AAG Philippines’ graduates&comma; 98&period;36&percnt; are now employed by local airlines&period; On average&comma; students get hired between two weeks to two months after successful completion of the course&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Want to fly and see the world&quest; Soar with a career in the aviation industry&period; For inquiries and enrolment&comma; contact AAG Philippines at &lpar;&plus;63&rpar; &lpar;0 45&rpar; 599 7435 or visit <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;aag&period;aero&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">www&period;aag&period;aero<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>About Alpha Aviation Group<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;Alpha Aviation Group &lpar;AAG&rpar; Philippines is one of the three academies of Alpha Aviation Group&comma; a global group of companies providing specialist training solutions to the international commercial aviation community&period; An Approved Training Organization &lpar;ATO&rpar; and a certified Type Rating Training Organization &lpar;TRTO&rpar; for the Airbus A320&comma; AAG Philippines is the leading training academy in the Philippines capable of providing a comprehensive suite of airline-standard training programs&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

J Darell Sapin

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