Dento Aviation

Dento Aviation is part of Dento Group, a pilot training organisation headquartered at the old Larnaca International Airport in Cyprus. The group was founded by Captain Charalambos Demetriades, and its training company Dento Training Ltd holds the group's EASA ATO approval (CY.ATO.005), issued in 2012. Until 2020 it focused on advanced training, then added zero-to-commercial programmes.

The company says it is the only ATO in Cyprus with EASA, UK CAA and Danish approvals, and that most pilots and flight instructors in Cyprus trained with it, in Cyprus or abroad.

Training

• Private pilot licence, night rating and hour building
• Integrated and modular ATPL, including ATPL theory
• CPL, instrument rating and multi-engine piston, PBN and UPRT
• MCC and jet orientation courses
• Airbus type ratings (A320, A330, A340, A350, A380, CCQ and ZFTT) and Boeing type ratings
• Instructor courses (FI, CRI, IRI, TRI, SFI) and examiner courses (TRE, SFE)
• Licence conversion, ICAO English language proficiency exams and airline interview preparation
• Aviation English courses for non-native speakers, in person at the Larnaca headquarters, as intensive (1 to 2 weeks) or part-time (8 to 12 weeks) options
• Young Aviators Academy and pilot summer camps for children from age 9

Fleet and simulators

• Pipistrel Explorer single-engine trainers, the first delivered to Cyprus at the end of 2023, approved for night rating, IR and UPRT
• Diamond DA42 multi-engine trainer
• Airbus A320 APT simulator for SOP and type rating preparation
• ENTROL EN-1000X FNPT II simulator, available 24/7 and also used by airlines for sim checks
• Virtual reality simulators

Approvals

• EASA ATO CY.ATO.005
• UK CAA ATO GBR.ATO.0559
• Danish CAA approval, listed on the company's approvals page
• Classified as a complex organisation under EASA rules

Training locations

Type rating training also runs on leased full flight simulators with partners abroad, including Etihad Aviation Training (Abu Dhabi), CAE and Emirates Aviation College (Dubai), Air Arabia and Pier Seven (Sharjah), the Institute of Air Transport (Sofia), Quadrant Systems and L3 (UK), CAE (Madrid), SIMAERO and Air France Training Centre (Paris), Lufthansa Aviation Training (Munich), Middle East Airlines (Beirut) and EgyptAir Training Academy (Cairo).

Company facts

• Founder Charalambos Demetriades ran Albatross Flying College at Lakatamia, Nicosia, from 1989 to 1994, the first private airport and flight school in Cyprus
• The company reports more than 43 years of history, more than 4,600 pilots trained worldwide and a 95 percent employment rate
• The headquarters at the old Larnaca airport can be reached without passing airport security

Contact

Old Larnaca International Airport, Artemidos 0, Offices 6-8-9-11, Skala, 6027 Larnaca, Cyprus
Email: info@dentoaviation.com
Details from dentoaviation.com, October 2026.