Aurès Aviation
Aurès Aviation | |
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Address | |
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17 Allées Ben Boulaïd, Industrial Zone Kechida Batna , 05000 | |
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Type | Flight school |
Established | 2000 |
President | Abdelmajid Louai[1] |
Director | Derbal Ismaïl[2] |
Website | www.auresaviationacademy.com |
Aurès Aviation (in Arabic:[3] أوراس للطيران), is an Algerian flight school based in Batna. The Algerian Minister of Transport described it as
the only school in Africa that guarantees high-level training for airline pilots and small aircraft pilots.
[4] It is also the first private professional flight school in Algeria.[5]
History
[edit]Aurès Aviation was created in 2000, under approval number 001 issued by the Directorate of Civil Aviation and Meteorology (DACM),[6] by Abdelmajid Louai. It is the first professional flight school in the private sector in Algeria.[7]
During the first 10 years after its creation, the school was subject to a boycott by the Algerian state, which opted for foreign schools.[6] In 2010, the Algerian Minister of Transport, Amar Tou, decided to train the pilots of Algerian commercial airlines within Aurès Aviation.[8][4] In the same year, the companies Tassili Airlines[8][4][9] and Air Algérie[10][8] signed a contract with the school for the training of their pilots.
Location
[edit]The headquarters of Aurès Aviation is located in Kechida, with courses taught in the industrial zone of the city.[11]
Facilities
[edit]Aurès Aviation has its own residence to accommodate all its students.[11] The hangars for the aircraft are rented from the management of the Batna Airport.[6] The Aurès Aviation fleet consists of ten aircraft, including Piper PA-38, Piper Arrow PA-28, Cessna 150, and Cessna 340.[7] Aurès Aviation has the first ALX flight simulator in Algeria, delivered at the end of March 2010[12] as well as a helicopter simulator.
Notes and references
[edit]- ^ Tassili Agro Airlines opte pour l'école Aurès Aviation El Watan, 08.11.2010, Retrieved 17.10.2011
- ^ Lancement de la première formation de pilotes en Algérie Liberté, 07.11.2010, Retrieved 16.10.2011
- ^ (in Arabic) Training conditions for pilots now available in Algeria Al-Seyassi, 11.03.2010, Retrieved 17.10.2011.
- ^ a b c Nesrouche, N. (8 March 2010). "Amar Tou in Batna: "Pilots will now be trained in Algeria"". El Watan. No. 5886. p. 9. ISSN 1111-0333. Retrieved 7 January 2010.
- ^ Aures Aviation On flightschooldb.com, Retrieved 5 January 2012
- ^ a b c Aviation school of Batna: Icarus in the land of the Aurès El Watan, 03.08.2010, Retrieved 17.10.2011
- ^ a b History of Aurès Aviation On the official AA website, Retrieved 17.10.2011
- ^ a b c The training of pilots on the menu Liberté, 09.03.2010, Retrieved 17.10.2011
- ^ Pilots in Batna Le Soir d’Algérie, 15 January 2011, page 2, Retrieved 5 January 2012
- ^ Aurès Aviation will train Air Algérie pilots L'Expression, 09.03.2010, Retrieved 17.10.2011
- ^ a b (in English) First ALX in Algeria with Aures Aviation Retrieved 17.10.2011
- ^ (in English) The ALX flight trainer installed in Algeria Retrieved 17.10.2011