AeroGuard Flight Training Center have reached a new pilot training agreement with The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport (MOLIT) of the Republic of Korea, Uljin Flight Academy of the Republic of Korea, Korean Aviation College (KAC), and Korea Aerospace University (KAU).
The newly signed agreement between AeroGuard Flight Training Center and its international partners from the Republic of Korea marks the renewal of an existing long-term partnership. The new agreement will extend until 2024 and will see Korean cadets training at AeroGuard’s headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona, its new campus in Austin, Texas, and other flight school locations.
Over the course of the new agreement, AeroGuard will train hundreds of new Korean pilots, helping to meet the continuing increase in demand from commercial airlines. Boeing projects that nearly 800,000 new pilots will be needed worldwide within the next 18 years. The Asia-Pacific region will be at the forefront of global demand requiring approximately 261,000 newly-trained pilots.