The academy will be built upon ANA’s established experience as a provider of high-quality training
At least the article's writer has a sense of humour. If, by 'high-quality', they mean totally scripted (so there's no surprises the locals cannot study for), unimaginative and bizarre in its use of only Shimojishima, then they've got the Diamond Star Award for high-quality.
As for pandas! What is the ANA fascination with a bear that's not even a Japanese native? We've even got a 767 painted to resemble one (although I did think it was a Fresian cow when I first saw it). Well, I suppose it's better than Pikkachu and his mates