Emirates Flight Training Academy

Emirates Flight Training Academy is the Emirates Group's pilot training school, located in proximity to Al Maktoum International Airport in Dubai South.

Services

• Integrated ATPL course of approximately 104 weeks, split into theoretical knowledge and practical flying
• Classroom and flight operations training for cadets

Airports

The campus is in proximity to Al Maktoum International Airport (DWC). The academy has its own air traffic control tower, a dedicated runway with a 100 metre wide taxiway, a maintenance hangar and firefighting facilities.

Programme

The Integrated ATPL course takes approximately 104 weeks. It is divided into a theoretical knowledge course and practical flying, and is intended to train cadets from the start of their flying career.

Campus

The academy's site describes the setting near Al Maktoum International Airport as suited to its own features: a private air traffic control tower, a dedicated runway and 100 metre wide taxiway, its own maintenance hangar and firefighting facilities. A virtual tour of the campus and training facilities is available on its website.

Company facts

• 36 interactive classrooms with software designed by Boeing
• Private runway and tower on campus

Contact

Email: internationalselection@emirates.com

Cirrus SR22 G6 fleet

The academy's training facilities page describes the Cirrus SR22 G6 as the backbone of its fleet. The page gives the fleet as 22 SR22 G6 aircraft in one place and 20 in another, alongside 5 Diamond DA42 NG twins and 2 GB1 GameBird aerobatic aircraft for upset prevention and recovery training, 27 aircraft in all. Cadets start with two weeks of classroom instruction on the SR22 G6, followed by more than 196 hours of simulator and aircraft flying before the commercial pilot licence skills test. The fleet is maintained in the academy's own hangar, which has a paint shop, composite workshop and avionics workshop. The academy trains its own cadets only; it does not offer Cirrus courses to private pilots.