iGA Istanbul Airport Aims to Become the Centre of Global Aviation Training

iGA Istanbul Airport, which continues to address the need for trained and qualified human resources in aviation, brought together the leading representatives of global aviation in Istanbul. With the vision of becoming a global centre in the field of aviation education, the “Global Education Symposium” was organized with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

Aiming to become the global centre of aviation education, iGA Istanbul Airport hosted an important meeting in Istanbul, attended by senior executives from aviation institutions and airports around the world. The Global Training Symposium, the Excellence Through Innovation Workshop, co-organized with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), took place at Mandarin Oriental Istanbul from 26-27 February.

ICAO Capacity Development and Implementation Director, Jorge Vargas and ICAO Global Aviation Training Officer, Dr. Laura Camastra, attended the two-day symposium, where the training methodologies that the future of the aviation industry will need were evaluated, with the opening speech of the event delivered by iGA Istanbul Airport Acting CEO, Selahattin Bilgen.

Stating that iGA Istanbul Airport aims to become a global centre in the field of aviation training, Selahattin Bilgen said that they have carefully addressed the need for trained and qualified human resources in aviation and that they have made a major breakthrough in training processes through the iGA Academy since 2022, and that they continue to achieve training accreditation from leading organizations in the industry such as ACI, IATA, ICAO, TSA and EUROCAE.

Bilgen continued, “iGA Istanbul Airport is proud to host such an important event. We are aware that all our goals in the aviation eco-system can be achieved with strong support given to education. So, we are continuing our operations without slowing down. We completed ICAO’s training accreditation in May 2022, and we have already initiated many different training development processes that all ICAO Trainair Plus members can benefit from. We were elected to ICAO’s Global Training Steering Committee. To support ICAO’s goals, we have assigned three of our employees to Montreal for a period of two years. We plan to expand this programme to serve as a model practice for the industry. These are extremely important projects for us. Our aim is to become a reference point in the world for aviation education.”