Baltic Aviation Academy finished year 2010 by doubling its’ students numbers, training programs numbers and pilots training instructors numbers. Stressing its focus on foreign markets, during 2010 the company also opened offices in Warsaw, Poland and Moscow, Russia. Company’s revenue grew 284% compared to the prior year period. 

In addition to the training programs for Boeing 737 CL, Boeing 757 and Saab 340/2000, last year Baltic Aviation Academy introduced new type rating training courses for Boeing 737 NG, Boeing 767, Airbus A320, ATR 42-72, Bombardier CRJ 100/200, Embraer 135/145 and Bombardier CRJ 700/900 aircrafts. The other growth factors were the establishment of the initial pilot training school (FTO) and new crew lease business branch, during 2010 leasing 48 professional pilots and flight instructors with the first clients being Tajik Air and Air Batumi. 

By the end of 2010, the pilot training centre pursued 34 training programs with 2000 annual students, being trained by 100 professional flight instructors, half of which come from foreign countries. In 2011 the company plans to provide trainings for 5000 pilots, which are to spend more than 18 000 hours in the full flight simulators during the practise trainings. 

“2010 was a year of a tremendous growth for our company. What led us to become the fastest-growing pilot training centre in the Eastern Europe was not only the number of the new type rating programs or even the office in Moscow. In addition to that we have been putting a strong emphasis on the customer services. Leisure time in the aviation museum, complete support of visa services or taking care of a paper-cut in the finger – we want to provide our customers not only the high quality trainings, but also a great experience. Last month customer service survey shows our clients give us 9.7 out of 10, with the latest comment being “It feels like home here at BAA”. The sky is the limit to our plans for customer services”,- commented Chief executive officer of the Baltic Aviation Academy aviation training centre Egle Vaitkeviciute. 

With headquarters in Vilnius, Lithuania, Baltic Aviation Academy gathers professional aviation instructors from Lithuania, Latvia, Sweden, Slovenia, Italy, Greece, Germany and Austria. Practical knowledge is gained in the full flight simulators network in Lithuania, Sweden, France, Spain, Belgium, Germany, Great Britain, and the USA. Baltic Aviation Academy’s personnel has trained over 10 000 aviation specialists.

Source: Baltic Aviation Academy press release