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Boeing 747 is the most well-known wide-body commercial airliner and cargo transportation aircraft frequently referred to as the Queen of the Skies or the Jumbo Jet. It is made up of six million parts, each engine weighs almost 4,300 kilograms and its maximum speed is 955 km/h.
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Skyy Aviation management: Lissa Vissers-Leathers, Anjil Naidoo, Sheryl Govender, Donovan Naidoo and David Frew
The attraction and expansion of direct flights to Durban has had positive spin- offs on a unique aviation training academy based at the Dube TradePort. Skyy Aviation has helped over three thousand Durban youths to become cabin or ground crew working across the world and change their lives.
Since the first 25 students graduated in 2007, all students of the Academy have been employed in the aviation industry, and Naidoo is confident that this trend will continue for several reasons.
“The future growth of KSIA, the Dube Cargo Terminal in Durban alone, and the development of the aerotropolis, bodes well for the aviation industry in South Africa”, says Durban-based Anjil Naidoo,
owner and Training Director of Skyy Aviation Academy - the only training school of its kind in KwaZulu-Natal.
There are currently 260 students doing one of six different one-year courses - Aviation Support Training with Cabin Crew; Air Travel and Customer Services with Cabin Crew; Air Cargo and Aviation Support Training with Cabin Crew; Aviation Support Training; Air Travel and Customer Services Training; Air Cargo and Aviation Support Training.
The Academy’s courses are South African Civil Aviation Authority and TETA accredited, as well as internationally accredited, which ensures that its graduates can work anywhere in the world. More recently it received International
Airport Association (IATA) accreditation as an Airport Security Training Organisation. This security training is compulsory for anyone who needs accredited access to work at an airport.
With major Middle Eastern airlines flying direct to Durban, it made sense to ensure that students learnt the appropriate etiquette and what to expect when working in the Middle East. “We always have a contingent of students working there. They are well thought of and it is not unusual to get a call from Doha requesting employees. From stepping off a flight, almost anywhere in the world, to the lounge, I meet our students,” says Naidoo.
Students receiving branded Skyy Aviation bags
Students in practical training at Comair as cabin crew
Team spirit at Skyy Aviation Academy annual team building crazy games day