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By Cirium2021-01-25T17:43:00+00:00
Latvian carrier Air Baltic has been approved as maintenance training organisation to qualify aircraft technicians for its own operation and external customers.
The airline says it will run parallel classes for apprentices without previous aviation experiences and Airbus A220 type-rating courses for qualified engineers.
Source: Air Baltic
Air Baltic has 25 Airbus A220-300s and a further 25 of the type on order
Familiarisation training is set to begin in early February. Each class will have eight places, Air Baltic says.
Noting the airline’s previous establishment of an in-house pilot academy and co-operation with local technical schools, Air Baltic chief operations officer Pauls Calitis describes the training programme as the next step in its development.