Airbus Helicopters has opened a training academy at the UK’s Oxford Airport (EGTK) that can instruct more than 400 rotorcraft pilots, maintenance technicians, and managers per year, the company announced on Friday. According to Airbus, the investment in the 129,000-sq-ft site is necessary to meet the helicopter industry’s shortfall of skilled staff. It will offer flight training, maintenance, repair and overhaul instruction, and executive leadership programs.
The academy’s training programs meet the requirements of the UK government’s Skills Agenda, including Level 3, 4, 5 and 6 apprenticeships funded jointly by employers and the state. It will support training of personnel with the Royal Air Force, the UK Military Flying Training System, the National Police Air Service, and around two-thirds of the country’s air ambulance operators. Operating to UK CAA and EASA standards, the academy lays claim to being the country’s only training center to offer a Part 147-approved B2 technicians course for Airbus helicopters.
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