Roehl Niño Bautista · · 1 min readAirAsia gets license for drone pilot training in Malaysia
AirAsia got the green light from the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia to conduct remote drone pilot training at its academy in Kuala Lumpur.
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The license will support the company’s aim of launching urban drone delivery for goods and retail items from AirAsia’s ecommerce platforms in the future, said Bo Lingam, CEO of AirAsia Aviation.
With the new license, the Drone Academy, which is under AirAsia’s digital edutech arm, AirAsia Academy, will offer commercial remote pilot training classes starting January 24. The academy will open with four classes – with more courses to come soon – and will be open to AirAsia employees and others.
The pilot training curriculum is also AirAsia’s bid to join a global drone delivery market that is estimated to grow to nearly US$3.7 billion by 2027.
“Drone delivery will soon become our latest logistics solution, providing a strong boost to support the ever-growing ecommerce industry. Most importantly, this innovation will allow us to create new high-tech job opportunities for Malaysians,” said Aireen Omar, president of AirAsia Group Digital.
Editing by Collin Furtado and Arpit Nayak
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