Avia sees major potential for pilot training

Avia Solutions Group, a Lithuania-headquartered aviation services company, plans to establish a pilot training center in China, which is expected to open in 2020, to meet the increasing demand for pilots in the nation, it said on Tuesday.

Currently, Avia Group, the largest firm of its kind in Central and Eastern Europe, is looking for Chinese partners and choosing suitable sites to set up the training center, and it plans to complete the process by the end of the year.

By 2022, the center plans to train 1,000 pilots per year with three simulators, and after that, it aims to train 2,000 pilots annually with a total of six simulators, Avia Group said.