Patria to continue training cooperation with the Finnish Aviation Academy

Patria Pilot Training will continue as a training partner of the Finnish Aviation Academy at its new training base at Tampere-Pirkkala Airport. Patria will be responsible for flight and theoretical training of 20 cadets to obtain a commercial pilot licence. Multi-Crew Cooperation and Airline Transport Pilot theoretical training will be provided by the Finnish Aviation Academy. Beginning in summer 2017, the training provided by Patria will last 18 months. Finnish Aviation Academy will select the cadets for the training. The training will provided with Patria´s new fleet of Diamond trainer aircraft and flight simulators, purchased this year.

”Patria Pilot Training has made substantial investments in new flight training equipment in order to be able to respond to the current training boom. The new and economical Diamond fleet will be operational at the same time as the cadets of the Finnish Aviation Academy will begin their training. We are highly satisfied with the continuation of training collaboration with the Finnish Aviation Academy. For cadets, our cooperation means that they will receive high-quality training while flying Patria´s new equipment,” says Mikko Paronen, Managing Director, of Patria Pilot Training.

Patria Pilot Training has trained hundreds of commercial pilots since its foundation in 1998. Patria makes use of modern flight training equipment. The company's extensive range of training programmes also includes the Multi-Crew Pilot License (MPL) training program for airlines.

For additional information, contact

Juhani Haapamäki, Head of Training, Patria Pilot Training, [email protected]