Oxford Aviation Academy

Oxford Aviation Academy (OAA) is a leading independent provider of integrated aviation training and resourcing services.

OAA operates 105 training aircraft, 64 simulators and 10 training centres delivering an innovative and comprehensive portfolio of aviation training courses. OAA's 3 ab initio airline pilot training schools are amongst the world's most respected and have trained more than 26,000 professional pilots over the past 50 years. Furthermore, OAA's 7 type training centres combine to offer approved Airline pilot, Cabin crew and Maintenance engineer training on a wide range of aircraft types including Boeing, Airbus, Bombardier, BAE Systems and Embraer.

Oxford Aviation Academy is an aviation training organisation. It includes the former Oxford Aviation Training - a commercial pilot training school based at London Oxford Airport in the United Kingdom and Phoenix Goodyear Airport in the United States of America; the former SAS Flight Academy, the former GECAT and the former BAE Systems Woodford, UK Training Centre, all of which are majority owned by STAR Capital Partners of London with a minority stake of less than 20% retained by GE Commercial Aviation Services.

The "Airline Pilot Programme First Officer" course is a full-time, Integrated Joint Aviation Authorities / European Aviation Safety Agency (JAA / EASA) course leading to the award of a 'Frozen' (becoming unfrozen when the candidate has completed 1500 hours in a multi-pilot environment) Airline Transport Pilot Licence (ATPL).