The Aviation Institute has campuses in Auckland and Christchurch, New Zealand, its customers are 11,000 Air New Zealanders, the staff members of airlines, militaries and MRO’s from Asia, Oceania and the Middle East, and individuals globally wishing to upskill or enter the aviation industry.
Our domestic and international customers are able to access the full spectrum of training programs we provide to Air New Zealand and benefit from the operational industry experience we embed into those programs.
A typical B2B customer for the Aviation Institute is an airline seeking to address these manpower shortages with one of our ab-initio programs, or to solve a short-fall in training capacity driven by either a lack of own facilities, or an increase in demand driven by the acquisition of new or additional aircraft fleets.
The Aviation Institute has five schools, 135 dedicated training staff members, and 47,000 student enrolments in last year.
The Aviation Institute’s School of Flight provides ab-initio flight and bridging training with five New Zealand-based flying schools, and is a TRTO with seven, soon to be ten full flight simulators. Aircraft types catered for are B737-300, B747-400, B767, B777-200/300, A320, ATR72, and Q300. B787, B1900D and an additional A320 full flight simulator are to be added in 2013.
The School of Engineering operates from both Auckland and Christchurch campuses providing apprentice level programs for domestic and international companies and students. Its EASA approved two-year maintenance course is popular.
Post employment courses are numerous and range from specialist processes to type training for licensed aircraft maintenance engineers.
Customer facing roles are well catered for by the Aviation Institute’s School of Service. The 17 week Airline Customer Service Program prepares people for flight attendant, check-in and call centre positions as well as any customer facing role in the wider tourism industry.
Airport land and airside operations training are provided by the School of Ground Operations. Baggage handling, loading, cleaning, fuelling, driving, dangerous goods and air cargo operations number amongst its many role-specific courses.
The development of tomorrow’s future aviation leaders is supported by the School of Business Leadership’s airline business programs. Airline employees access general staff management and aviation specific modules throughout their career from first level management through to company senior management and executive.