BEIRUT: Lebanon’s flag carrier, the Middle East Airlines, announced the establishment of an aviation academy for initiating and training pilots at their headquarters in Beirut’s Rafik Hariri International Airport, an MEA statement said Monday.
MEA’s CEO, Mohammad al-Hout was quoted as saying that the academy would start operating partially in April 2015, offering specialized pilot training in a first phase, to be fully completed by early 2016.
The academy consists of a built area of 14,000 square meters above ground and 23,000 square meters underground, comprising of a conference center which would be placed at the disposal of universities and companies for free in the first year, Hout said.
Hout was speaking at the opening of the annual meeting of CIO Lebanon, a local expert association on IT support.
The meeting, held under the slogan “Trends and Innovations in Technology," was hosted by MEA at its headquarters.
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