CAE, a leading civil and defence aviation training company, will provide operating services to the Oman Aviation Academy following the recent signing of a service-level agreement with the Omani Authority for Partnership, said a report.

The agreement was signed by Dr. Dhafir Awadh Al Shanfari, chief executive officer of OAPFD, on behalf of Oman Aviation Academy, and Ian Bell, vice president and general manager, Middle East/Asia Pacific, CAE, said a report in the Times of Oman.

Under the agreement terms, CAE will provide operating services of the highest international standards to the OAA, and in accordance with the requirements of Oman Public Authority for Civil Aviation (PACA) and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). In addition to these, CAE will provide full aviation training programmes to qualify Omani nationals as ground and flight instructors.

CAE will support the sultanate and other regional operators in the training and supply of pilots, for both the civil and military sectors. CAE’s defence and security business unit will oversee the service-level agreement, and partner with the CAE Oxford Aviation Academy to deliver the ab initio pilot training programme, the report said.

The training programme will include comprehensive ground school academic training, as well as high-quality flying instruction, delivered in accordance with national aviation authority requirements.

Oman Aviation Academy will start receiving the first batch of students in the first quarter of 2018, in cooperation with Sultan Qaboos University and Oman Air.