APFT to set up pilot training academy at Kalaburagi Airport

HYDERABAD: Hyderabad-based Asia Pacific Flight Training (APFT) will be setting up a training institute at Kalaburagi Airport in Karnataka. According to a press release, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) approved aviation academy recently entered into an agreement with the Airport Authority of India (AAI) for establishing a flight training organisation on Design, Build, Operate, Maintain and Transfer (DBOMT) basis at Kalaburagi Airport for 25 years. The agreement was signed by APFT CEO Hemanth DP and Kalaburagi Airport Director Gnaneswara Rao.