National Aviation Services establishes NAS Aviation Academy

This comes shortly after NAS successfully obtained its Certification as an IATA Authorized Training Center.

The NAS Aviation Academy will provide training programs in Travel & Tourism, Cargo and Dangerous Goods, Airport & Civil Aviation procedures, Passenger Services and Ground Handling Operations in addition to various accredited certifications and training courses. At the NAS Training Academy, candidates will learn in a classroom environment with certified experienced trainers and also obtain hands-on training in various areas of the aviation industry.

"IATA certified courses have gained worldwide recognition in the aviation industry and holders of a certificate accredited by IATA have a huge scope in the industry. With our new authorized training center, we are equipped not only to certify people with travel and tourism certificates but also ground handling operations, cargo and other aviation related activities. Candidates seeking to get qualified in these fields will no longer need to travel outside the country to obtain certifications,"

quoted Mohamed Omar Al-Habash, Training Manager at NAS.

"Our ability to provide IATA certified courses to the Kuwaiti market has put us in the big league of training institutes and we will continue to enhance our course materials and methods of training to be more valuable to travel professionals in the country." he added.

"As a ground handler at Kuwait International Airport our competitive edge is the fact that our students can benefit from hands-on training within the various areas of ground handling operations that we manage at the airport, something that no other training institute has at the moment in Kuwait and we intend on leveraging this entirely to our advantage. This feat means we are the first training center providing integrated aviation training solutions in Kuwait," concluded Al-Habash who was instrumental in setting up the Academy with the assistance of the training department under the sponsorship of Naji Al-Ajmi, the CEO of NAS.

Al-Ajmi highlighted: "The NAS Aviation Academy is yet another milestone in NAS's long and successful journey in the industry and will grow our current capabilities locally and internationally - especially in the training and development sector within the aviation industry. As a leading ground handling service provider in the region, we aim to enhance the industry in various aspects and this includes providing the right platform for professional training and development as well."

"As the industry expands, we anticipate a huge demand for certified and trained professionals in the near future and our goal is to be a pioneer in this field. Through our academy, youngsters will get the opportunity to realize their dreams in the aviation sector. We aim to keep up to our commitment of adding value to the industry locally and our academy is a testament to our commitment to developing the industry locally," he concluded.