CAPA AeroPark, an aviation university and training campus being developed in India, today announced plans to bring forward its launch date in response to calls from the industry.
The CAPA AeroPark is expected to service the training needs for India, West Asia and Asia, and is projected to handle over 10,000 students per annum by 2015.
Peter Harbison, Chairman, CAPA AeroPark, said, “Since we announced in November 2010 that CAPA and SCDC had entered into a $125 million JV to establish CAPA AeroPark, the response from airlines and airports has been overwhelming. There is quite clearly an urgent need for training to support the 20 per cent market growth being seen in India.”
Harbison added, “Besides the civil aviation requirements, announcements at Aero India 2011 have demonstrated huge potential in the aerospace sector, in both research and manufacturing. But this requires a skilled workforce with specialist education and expertise. CAPA AeroPark will enable the emergence of these new industries in India, resulting in a significant positive contribution to economic development.”
CAPA AeroPark will establish satellite academies in New Delhi and Mumbai by the end of 2011. The flagship campus on a 50-acre site off Sarjapur Road in the south of Bangalore will be ready to receive by late 2012. However, due to stronger than expected market conditions, the project will now see the addition of a new, urban campus in Bangalore, set to open by September 2011.
SCDC has secured a commercial development for CAPA AeroPark, in Whitefield, with 300,000 square feet of built-up area with further room for expansion. “Construction is nearing completion and will shortly commence the internal fit-out to meet the specifications of an international standard aviation training centre,” commented Harbison.
The Whitefield campus will offer a range of vocational and academic courses for pilots, engineers, cabin crew, management, air traffic controllers and regulators.
It will host not only computer-based classrooms, libraries and workshops but will also include a safety and emergency procedures centre.
Meanwhile, locations for the satellite academies in New Delhi and Mumbai have been shortlisted and the greenfield 50 acre site in Bangalore is being prepared for development.
