Smart Aviation

Smart Aviation is an approved flight training organisation (ATO) based at Poznan-Lawica airport in Poland. It trains airplane and helicopter pilots, from private licences to airline pilot courses. The site says the company has been on the market for 10 years.

Courses

• Airplane: PPL(A), CPL(A), ATPL(A), IR(A), MEP(L), VFR Night, MCC and JOC, APS MCC, Advanced UPRT, BIR, CB-IR, HPA and a modular 0-ATPL course
• Helicopter: PPL(H), VFR night rating, CPL(H), FI(H) and type ratings for R44 and R66
• Airline recruitment preparation and instructor training (FIA)
• Familiarisation flights

Other services

• Training loans and licence conversion
• Technical maintenance

Fleet and bases

The school flies Tecnam P2006T NG aircraft and has announced a Tecnam P2008 NG order and an ALSIM P2006T NG simulator. Its bases are Poznan-Lawica (EPPO) for airplanes, a helicopter base (EPHC) and a service base at Zielona Gora-Babimost (EPZG).

Company facts

• ATO certificate number PL/ATO-51, approved by the Civil Aviation Authority of Poland (ULC)
• Site figures: more than 1,600 trained pilots and more than 5,500 completed courses
• More than 50 students were hired by airlines in 2024