Airways Aviation Academy, a global flight training academy, has signed an agreement to pre-order 10 Elixir Aircraft.
Marwan Atalla, Executive Chairman of Airways Aviation, said:
“The Elixir is a safe aircraft, and has been designed taking into consideration safety, ease of maintenance, low operating costs, and suitability for flight training, which matches our goal to provide optimal training for our students.”
Atalla was a shareholder and a board member at Cirrus Aircraft during its development, certification, and eventual production phase, along with a series of primary posts in the global aviation industry in the past 20 years.
So far, 51 Elixir have been pre-ordered, bringing the estimated delivery of the first Airways Aviation Academy’s aircraft to 2022. The Elixir fleet will reinforce the teaching capabilities of the school and provide the best in class tools for future commercial pilot students.
The Elixir is able to perform training from basic VFR up to advanced IFR. It can carry up to 280kg and cruise at 130kts during 7 hours for a fuel consumption of 16L/h.
Airways Aviation Academy (AAA) is a global flight training provider, with training facilities in the UK, Spain, Montenegro, Australia’s Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast.
The Academy offers EASA, CASA Montenegrin CAA Licences. AAA has a worldwide fleet size of 23 aircrafts, 20 full-time instructors internationally, and thousands of graduates from around the world.
With more than 8000 flight hours across its locations, the Academy trains around 250 students concurrently worldwide.
