Gulf Helicopters Company today announced that earlier this month the Gulf Helicopters Training Academy (GHTA) has received Initial European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Part 147 Maintenance Training Organization Approval.

GHTA is now a fully approved Part 147 Maintenance Training Organization to conduct courses on the AB139 / AW139 (PWC PT6). Additional training capabilities are presently in the approval process, to be added shortly.

“With this EASA Part 147 Maintenance Training Organization, we can offer required EASA-approved maintenance type training to 3rd Party Commercial and non-Commercial organizations. This approval is Gulf Helicopters next step to offering a comprehensive “one–stop” training solution to AW139 Operators worldwide”, said Mr. Mohammed Mohannadi, CEO, on behalf of the newly established Training Academy.

Conveniently located at Doha International Airport, Qatar,Gulf Helicopters takes pride in delivering “top-quality” turnkey services in helicopter training through their long established TRTO on the AW139, Bell 206/212/412, and MD902 types.

With the addition of the recently commissioned EASA Certified AW139 Full Motion FTD, GHC is fast establishing itself as a premier training center to the global market.