Flight operations support group Nexus is to open a general aviation training academy and flight school at Chengdu in southwestern China through a new partnership with local commercial property developer Sichuan Gang Tai General Aviation (GTCA). Under a memorandum of understanding signed on October 20, the partners will also explore ways to pursue the growth of unmanned air systems in China. From Nexus’s Asia flight operations center in the Philippines, it will provide ad hoc support for business aviation operations at various Chinese airports.
The new training facility will be part of the Nexus Aviation Academy network and, beginning next year, will focus mainly on topics such as flight dispatch and English language proficiency. Eventually, the academy will provide flight training for the commercial pilot license with instrument and multi-engine ratings.
Nexus, which is based in Saudi Arabia, has offices in the Philippines, Rwanda, India, Monaco and the U.S. It also owns safety audit specialist Wyvern Consulting.