08/10/2011
Karachi, PIA Training Centre (PTC) is now an Authorized IATA Training Centre becoming first IATA Authorized Training Centre in South Asia. PIA in collaboration with IATA to provide quality training that will benefit travel, cargo agencies, regional airlines.
PTC will offer IATA courses for aviation sector. Its instructors will conduct IATA courses at the centre and at other locations. IATA certified training courses offered initially include Airline Marketing, Finance, Marketing Management, Ground operations, Cargo, Dangerous Goods Regulations (DGR), Cabin Crew training courses. More IATA certified courses will be offered in future which will earn additional revenue for the airline. At ceremony Thursday in PIA PTC, Country Head IATA (Pakistan), Mustafa Khan handed over Authorized IATA Certified Training approval to Deputy Managing Director PIA, Saleem Sayani. Sayani said PTC played major role in creating professionals for airlines in the region.
"Most airlines of the region are trained by PTC since 1960". He congratulated Dilawar Fareed Beg Director Training & Development PIA, his team especially Employee Training Unit for efforts to make PTC Authorized Training Centre of IATA & efforts to make it centre of excellence and one of best training institution of entire region. Mustafa Khan congratulated PIA on becoming IATA Training Partner and said PTC is providing training facilities to airlines and now give training in IATA Certified Courses. Chairman Travel Agents Association of Pakistan Yahya Polani, Chairman Air Cargo Agents Association of Pakistan Jamshed Qureshi & General Manager Cargo PIA Sohail Yaqoob also spoke. PIA PTC is internationally recognized Airline Training Centre to conduct comprehensive training in major fields of commercial aviation with latest training aids, equipment, providing training (according to industry requirements, standards by Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority & International Civil Aviation Organization to large number of pilots, engineers, cabin crew, passengers handling services, marketing, sales professionals from over 30 airlines.