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AFTA successfully trained 110 First Officer pilots for world class airline Air Astana in Kazakhstan.
A strong link has been forged over the past 4 years between AFTA and Air Astana, the national airline of Kazakhstan, and to date a total of 110 First Officer pilots have successfully graduated from the Academy.
Air Astana employs 3,500 staff and achieved the accolade in 2013 and 2014 of being named the “Best Airline in Central Asia and India” at the World Airline awards. In February 2015, Air Astana received the prestigious “Air Transport World Market Leader Award”.
It operates a large fleet of narrow and wide body aircraft and continues to significantly expand its fleet. The contract signed between AFTA and Air Astana in 2012, to meet this expansion, was a major endorsement of the Academy’s high training standards and international reputation.
Until then a significant part of this training would have taken place overseas, particularly in America, with just the final courses being completed in Ireland.
It was the first time in the history of Irish pilot training that an international airline had elected to complete all of its cadet training with one modern academy in Ireland. It was a major step in establishing AFTA as Ireland’s Centre of Excellence for global pilot training for the future.
Air Astana sets a high standard for its pilots and the cadets have a reputation among the Academy’s instructors of strict discipline, a good work ethic and an extremely positive attitude.
AFTA recently signed a further 4 year contract with Air Astana to maintain this high level of training First Officer pilots and we look forward to continuing and developing our close relationship and training partnership with Air Astana.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”16px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”0″ full_width=”” padding_left=”0″ padding_right=”0″ animation=”” type=”” bg_color=”” bg_position=”top” bg_repeat=”no-repeat” bg_cover=”false” bg_attachment=”false” padding_top=”0″ padding_bottom=”0″ enable_parallax=”” parallax_speed=”0.1″ bg_video_src_mp4=”” bg_video_src_ogv=”” bg_video_src_webm=”” bg_type=”” parallax_style=”” bg_image_new=”” layer_image=”” bg_image_repeat=”” bg_image_size=”” bg_cstm_size=”” bg_img_attach=”” parallax_sense=”” bg_image_posiiton=”” animation_direction=”” animation_repeat=”” video_url=”” video_url_2=”” u_video_url=”” video_opts=”” video_poster=”” u_start_time=”” u_stop_time=”” viewport_vdo=”” enable_controls=”” bg_override=”” disable_on_mobile_img_parallax=”” parallax_content=”” parallax_content_sense=”” fadeout_row=”” fadeout_start_effect=”” enable_overlay=”” overlay_color=”” overlay_pattern=”” overlay_pattern_opacity=”” overlay_pattern_size=”” overlay_pattern_attachment=”” multi_color_overlay=”” multi_color_overlay_opacity=”” seperator_enable=”” seperator_type=”” seperator_position=”” seperator_shape_size=”” seperator_svg_height=”” seperator_shape_background=”” seperator_shape_border=”” seperator_shape_border_color=”” seperator_shape_border_width=”” icon_type=”” icon=”” icon_size=”” icon_color=”” icon_style=”” icon_color_bg=”” icon_border_style=”” icon_color_border=”” icon_border_size=”” icon_border_radius=”” icon_border_spacing=”” icon_img=”” img_width=”” ult_hide_row=”” ult_hide_row_large_screen=”” ult_hide_row_desktop=”” ult_hide_row_tablet=”” ult_hide_row_tablet_small=”” ult_hide_row_mobile=”” ult_hide_row_mobile_large=””][vc_column width=”1/1″ animation=””][vc_empty_space height=”16px”][vc_column_text]Below: photographs of recent Air Astana graduations in February and June 2015[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”16px”][vc_media_grid style=”lazy” items_per_page=”8″ element_width=”3″ gap=”10″ button_style=”rounded” button_color=”blue” button_size=”md” arrows_design=”none” arrows_position=”inside” arrows_color=”blue” paging_design=”radio_dots” paging_color=”grey” loop=”” autoplay=”-1″ item=”masonryMedia_BorderedScale” grid_id=”vc_gid:1437839260847-f7d1c3c8-141d-3″ include=”1083,1082,1081,1080,1078,1077,1076,1075,1074,1073,1072,1067,1066,1057,1058,1059,1060,1061,1062,1063,1064,1065,1056,1093,1095,1097,1096,1094,1055,1054,1053″][vc_empty_space height=”16px”][/vc_column][/vc_row]