Regional Air Suport - distinctia Top 10 IATA Authorized Training Center in Europe pentru anul 2012

The prize was awarded within IATA Congress of Training Partners that recently took place at Istanbul and came, as Ismail Al Baidhani –Head of IATA Global Parnership& Learning Innovation declared, as a recognition of “outstanding contributions to human capital development by training the next generation of leaders in the European airline industry found in permanent evolution”.

Distinctia IATA Europe Top 10 ATC

Organized every year by the IATA Training and Development Institute (ITDI), IATA Training Partners  Congress is conceived for continuing the commitment of IATA Authorized Training Centers (ATC) worldwide for the purpose of human capital development of the aviation industry and, at the same time, is a  discussion platform where issues such as improving and streamlining collaboration between IATA and ATCs  and sharing the best practices in various world markets with other participants and exchanging ideas on trends and new opportunities in tourism, aviation and cargo are approached.

According to the official press release issued by IATA ITDI, the main criteria that highlights RAS from other ATCs from Europe, was the number of people trained by RAS and the graduation rates of students during 2011.

Talking about the award given at IATA Training Partner Congress, Marius Vecu - Regional Air Support School coordinator said: “I proudly received this award which recognizes the efforts made during last years in instructing, to the highest standards, hundreds of cargo professionals wherefore I want to equally thank both trainers and students for the very best level of professional knowledge where through they made themselves visible in Europe”.

He continued: “This award is an incentive but also a significant challenge and a responsibility to extend the training center’s portfolio and to offer further support to IATA’s mission in developing the human capital in the Romanian aviation industry”.

RAS is also authorized by the Romanian Civil Aviation Authority to train the Romanian airport staff by teaching courses such as Ground Handling, Aircraft Knowledge, Customer Service, Weight & Balance, Aerodynamics, Basic Check-In, De / Anti-Icing, Airside Safety DGR and holds a license from the Ministry of Transport for airport’s security personnel training.

Recently, RAS established several partnerships with other prestigious training organizations such as SOFEMA Aviation Services in Bulgaria, in order to offer courses regarding a variety of aviation topics such as: SMS Implementation, new EU-OPS regulations, Quality Auditing, PART M, Part 145, Human Factors, Fuel Tank Safety, EWIS, SAFA for operators and many more in the near future.

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Bucharest Airports National Company