Lufthansa Aviation TrainingGmbH is the flight academy subsidiary ofLufthansa, that trains Lufthansa Group pilots as well as cabin and technical staff. The company has about 500 employees[1] and has been in business for around 50 years.[2]
Lufthansa Aviation Training owns 9 subsidiaries: Lufthansa Aviation Training Crew Academy GmbH, Lufthansa Aviation Training Berlin GmbH, Lufthansa Aviation Training Operations Germany GmbH, Lufthansa Aviation Training Germany GmbH, Lufthansa Aviation Training Austria GmbH, Lufthansa Aviation Training USA Inc., Lufthansa Aviation Training Pilot Academy GmbH and Aviation Quality Services (AQS).[citation needed]
As of 2021, Lufthansa Aviation Training maintains two brands with the following locations:[3]
In February 2021, Lufthansa Aviation Training announced they would move all German practical training fromBremen Airport toRostock Airport.[4]
The Aviation Training Center Arizona is a facility inGoodyear, Arizona, where futureLufthansa pilots conduct flight training with small aircraft. It is operated by the Lufthansa subsidiary Lufthansa Aviation Training. The base contains a building where the students live in their own apartments.
Aviation Quality Services (AQS) is a subsidiary of Lufthansa Flight Training,[5] located inFrankfurt, Germany. The company is anIATA accreditedIOSA Audit Organization[6] and an IATA accredited Endorsed Training Organization.[7] AQS conducts audits, and auditor, quality, andSafety Management Systems training. In 2003, AQS was the first company to be accredited by IATA as an IOSA Audit Organization and Endorsed Training Organization. Two years later, the company became the world's leading IOSA Audit Organization.[8]
Lufthansa Aviation Training uses the following aircraft types for training purposes:[citation needed]
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