Avia aviation

Avia Aviation is a flight training, charter and FBO company at Moorabbin Airport in Melbourne, Victoria. It was founded in 2011 by Charles Gunter, a former Cathay Pacific Boeing 747 check and training captain with more than 14,000 hours. The head of operations, David Wright, is a flight instructor and flight examiner who has worked at Moorabbin since 2007. The company runs an FBO at the airport and is available by appointment around the clock.

Services

• Introductory flights and foundations of flight
• Recreational, private and commercial pilot licences, with ground theory
• Instrument rating (IREX and private IFR), multi engine class rating, night VFR rating, flight instructor rating
• Flight reviews, instrument proficiency checks, aircraft endorsements, licence conversion and a rusty pilots course
• Scenic tours and gift experiences over Melbourne and Port Phillip Bay
• Private charter in a Cessna Citation Mustang jet and a nine seat Tecnam Traveller
• Aircraft sales, aircraft management and consulting

Cirrus training

Avia's Cirrus training page describes it as a Cirrus Training Centre in Victoria delivering factory endorsed programmes to Cirrus Aircraft standards, with Cirrus Standardised Instructor Pilots (CSIP) on staff, including a Platinum CSIP. The site calls it the longest standing Cirrus training organisation in Australia. The Cirrus fleet listed in October 2026 includes SR20 G7+ Perspective Touch, SR20 G6, SR20 G3 Perspective, SR22 G6 Perspective+ and SR22 G5 Perspective aircraft, used from the first lesson through to instrument training on the Garmin Perspective+ suite.

Its CAPS training page covers the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System in a full motion simulator, where pilots practise pulling the CAPS handle in different emergency scenarios. Avia recommends the course for every Cirrus pilot at least every 24 months. Prices are not published; a 45 minute discovery session at the airport is offered, with a guided simulator session at $44 including GST.

Fleet

Cessna 172 with Garmin G1000, Piper Seminole with glass cockpit for multi engine and instrument training, Cirrus SR20 and SR22, Tecnam Traveller, Cessna Citation Mustang and a full motion simulator.

Contact

Description from the company's website (October 2026). Not a Cirrus Aircraft authorized service center. Is this your company? Claim this page to add photos and keep your details up to date.