airBaltic Pilot Academy’s Eighth Group of Students Begin Studies

Sept. 22, 2020

airBaltic Pilot Academy's eighth group of students began their study process on Sept. 21. The group of 11 students will receive a commercial pilot license upon completion of the full-time program in less than two years.

Pauls Cālītis, COO of airBaltic stated, “We launched our Pilot Academy almost three years ago. Since then, we have worked with over 72 students and built a fleet of eight state-of-the-art training aircraft at our base in Liepaja. This is the first group that has started studies since the COVID-19 crisis began. We believe that, once they will graduate the demand for air travel and new pilots will have returned.”

Overall, there are now 60 active students at the airBaltic Pilot Academy. Most of the students are from Baltic countries, however, there are students from other countries such as Germany, France, Finland among others. More than 10% of airBaltic Pilot Academy students are female.