To fulfill the HR demand, the sector needs more than100,000 skilled manpower.
Air Vice Marshal M Sanaul Huq, Chairman, Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) was speaking as the chief guest at a certificate awarding ceremony of Avian Aviation Academy at Uttara in the city on May 30.
He hoped the graduating students will be able to shoulder the responsibilities for which they were educated and trained.
He said there are 28 institutions including nine flying clubs and 19 training organisations which are working to create skilled manpower for the sector.
Congratulating the students, Ashish Roy Chowdhury, Chief Operating Officer, Regent Airways appreciated the training process of Academy and assured his support.
He emphasised on the requirement of academic training and expected that academy will maintain its standard.
M Atharul Islam, Chairman, Avian Aviation Academy said the institution is ready to work with regulatory bodies and airline operators for the betterment of the aviation sector of the country.
ATM Nazrul Islam, Managing Director of Avian Aviation Academy said, “We have just started. One of the main objectives that inspired us to establish this academy was to institutionalise in house training.”
He said we believe that there is a good market in the aviation business-global economic impact of aviation industry is about US$2960 billion, equivalent to 8 per cent of world GDP, and it creates 29 million job opportunities directly or indirectly.
He said, “Unfortunately, we could not take any remarkable share. In fact we are losing the market. In 1988-89 we had market share 65 per cent and now only 28 per cent in international passenger movement to and from Bangladesh.”
He said, “We are looking forward to see that our aviation industry take a positive shape to hold a good share in the global aviation market. If the industry remains sick, institutes will be at risk and without institutions no industry can grow.”
He said our regulatory body should see how our industry can grow faster. It should formulate sustainable competitive advantages for the airlines and institutions, and airlines should keep trust on the institutions. This is a good cycle and this cycle should go on for the overall growth of the industry.
Nazrul Islam mentioned that academy is in the process of signing agreements with other flying academies and airlines.
Avian Aviation Academy was established on December 14, 2013. The Academy conducts ground training for Private Pilot Licence, Commercial Pilot Licence; Basic Cabin Crew and Instructional Training.
Academy has agreement with Galaxy Flying Academy and Regent Airways for conducting training.
Mashruf Habib, Managing Director, Regent Airways was present, among others.
Certificates were awarded to 32 students – 24 from Cabin Crew and 8 from Instructional Technique Courses.
