22.02.2025 18:11
Turkish Airlines Flight Training Academy announced that it has started new flight training activities at Adana Şakirpaşa Airport. As of 2024, the academy, which has graduated over 900 pilots in the last five years, has designated Adana as its fifth training center.
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Turkish Airlines' Flight Training Academy, which has graduated over 900 pilots in the last 5 years as of the end of December 2024, continues to expand its training activities.
Prof. Dr. Ahmet Bolat, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of THY, announced via his social media account that they have started flight training activities at Adana Şakirpaşa Airport.
"FLIGHT TRAINING ACTIVITIES HAVE STARTED"
In his statement, Bolat said, "Our esteemed President had announced during the opening of Çukurova International Airport and at the Teknofest held in Adana that Adana Şakirpaşa Airport would not be closed and would serve the region as a training center. Recently, an exciting development occurred for all of us. Turkish Airlines Flight Training Academy has started flight training activities at Adana Şakirpaşa Airport, adding a new training location as the fifth center after Aydın, Uşak, Selçuk, and Bodrum-Milas," he stated.
"WE AIM TO REACH 107 TRAINING AIRCRAFT BY 2027"
Emphasizing that they have assigned 4 training aircraft in Adana, Bolat stated, "Our Academy aims to increase this number to 18, depending on the airport's facilities, and has graduated over 900 pilots in the last 5 years, achieving 220,000 flight hours by the end of December 2024. Our Academy, which will add 48 new aircraft by the end of this year, aims to reach 107 aircraft in the first quarter of 2027. I received an exciting video sharing the training activities in Adana today, and I wanted to share it with you as well. I thank all my colleagues who contributed to this effort," he said.
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