10 October 2008
DHL AIR UK AND EASYJET SWITZERLAND NEW CTC WINGS PARTNER AIRLINES
CTC Wings now enjoys partnerships with ten major airlines around the world, with the new addition of DHL Air
and easyJet Switzerland.
These two join CTC’s long-standing partner airlines British Airways, CityJet, easyJet, Jet2.com, Jetstar Pacific,
Monarch, Thomas Cook and Thomsonfly to provide even greater opportunity for the 168 cadet pilots being trained
annually by CTC Aviation.
To date, 100% of CTC Wings cadets have obtained a job as an airline pilot with one of the company’s partner
airlines upon successful completion of training.
The initial group of DHL Air cadets commence training at CTC’s Crew Training Centre-Hamilton this month.
The first easyJet Switzerland CTC Wings pilot is close to completion of his Airbus A319 type-rating training at
CTC’s full flight simulator facilities near Southampton, UK and will begin line training in Geneva shortly.
Lee Woodward, Head of CTC Wings and Executive Director for CTC, said: “Whilst we have been consistently
placing pilots with our partner airlines over the past five years, it is a significant development for CTC Wings and a
true reflection of the calibre of our cadets that DHL has joined CityJet in preselecting their pilots from the outset.
“easyJet Switzerland operates independently of the UK organisation. They were impressed by the our cadets and
this led to a request for us to supply cadets to the Swiss operation direct. We look forward to placing more pilots
with both DHL Air and easyJet Switzerland in the near future as well as continuing our supply to our long standing
partners.”
CTC has been providing training support for both DHL and easyJet Switzerland through their Type Rating
Training Organisation (TRTO) operation for several years. This new partnerships with CTC Wings is seen as a
strengthening of already established relationships.
Tom Mackle, Director Flight Operations for DHL Air said: “CTC has a great reputation for quality training and
developing innovative solutions. We are working to crew a growing fleet over the next couple of years and will be
looking to resource this with a combination of direct entry and cadet pilots. The CTC Wings pilots will form a
significant part of our future crew composition.”
Licensed pilots from easyJet Switzerland have attended a variety of training courses with CTC over the years;
from type-ratings, through command skills development and Instructor training to
Examiner Standardisation. It is a natural transition for CTC to supply cadets to the airline into the future.
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