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Official opening of Rex’s pilot academy – Wagga Business Issue 9 The Australian Airline Pilot Academy (AAPA), a fully owned Rex subsidiary company, recently celebrated the official opening of its brand new $12M Wagga Wagga based pilot training academy campus. |
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Ready for take-off – Aviator July 2010 It would be remiss of us, with our special flying school supplement this issue, not to mention one of the largest investments in Australian flight training in recent times. |
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Rex opens new AAPA campus – Australian Flying July-August 2010 The new Wagga $12 million AAPA campus is a state of the art facility featuring an academic centre, flight training centre, on-campus accommodation, dining and recreational facilities. |
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Rex opens new AAPA Campus - Aviation Business (Asia-Pacific) 31 May 2010 Rex established the AAPA (a wholly owned subsidiary of Regional Express Holdings Limited) as an inhouse training school in late 2007 in the wake of the widespread pilot shortage that swept through the airline industry. |
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Wagga Wagga Airport to get ILS - Aviation Business (Asia-Pacific) 28 May 2010 In a major technology upgrade, Wagga Wagga Airport will start operating an Instrument Landing System (ILS) by later this year. |
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Rex pilot academy officially opened, ILS for Wagga Wagga - Australian Aviation 27 May 2010 Transport Minister Anthony Albanese officially opened Regional Express (Rex)’s Australian Airline Pilot Academy (AAPA) at Wagga Wagga on May 27, at the same time announcing the federal government would provide just over $1 million to help fund an instrument landing system (ILS) for the regional NSW centre’s airport. |
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An Investment in the Future of Our Industry — Australian & International Pilots Association Autumn 2010 issue In early April I visited the Australian Airline Pilot Academy (AAPA) facilities in Wagga Wagga to learn about the Regional Express (Rex) Pilot Cadet Programme and AAPA’s vision for the future of pilot training. |
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Regional Express model survives tough times – Australian Aviation Magazine October 2009 At the peak of the pilot shortage crisis, Rex's longer term solution is the establishment of its own pilot training school and cadet pilot scheme. |
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Rex building pilot school – Orient Aviation Magazine September 2009 Work began in July on construction of Australian regional operator, Regional Express's (Rex), new A$25 million (US$21 million) Australian Airline Pilot Academy (AAPA), at the Wagga Wagga airport in south western New South Wales. |
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Proud Occasion for Rex Airlines – Kay Hull Newsletter August 2009 In June I attended Regional Express Airlines’ Cadet Graduation Ceremony and was flattered to be there as guest of honour. |
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AAPA Aims to Become the Premier Pilot Academy in Asia Pacific - CILTA Logistics & Transport Australian Review 2009 AAPA aims to become the premier pilot academy in the Asia Pacific with a projected throughput of more than 200 pilots a year for both Australian and international airlines. To this end, the decision was taken to build an AUD12 million state-of-the-art pilot training facility at Wagga Wagga in New South Wales where the Rex group has its heavy engineering base. |
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Keeping the Pilot Pool Stocked - Low Fare and Regional Airlines Magazine June 2009 “Time is a differentiating factor at AAPA”, according to Jim Davis, Chairman of the Australian Airline Pilot Academy (AAPA). “We have proven that we can pick a bright high-school student off the streets, and train him or her to CPL standard plus ME CIR within eight months. A shorter course will mean lower fees and, of course, a quicker earning capacity for the trainee pilot. It also enables airlines to respond in a more timely manner to changing pilot demand,” he remarks. |
