Atlantic Flight Training Academy is one of Europe's leading independent Flight Training Organisation for Aviation Personnel. ... Founded in 1995 by Head of Training Captain Mark Casey, we have provided in excess of 2,000 in house trained commercial pilots to Europe's airlines. The Academy has over 40 instructors and a modern, fully equipped fleet of Garmin G1000 Cessna 172 and Diamond DA42 glass cockpit aircraft and multi engine simulators. The Academy boasts a state of the art Boeing 737 800 NG simulator. We have an unrivaled success rate and if you intend to train as a commercial pilot for an airline career you will receive both cost effective and quality training at AFTA. Our personal one to one training is unique and we have evolved to become one of Europe's most successful flight training Academies. ENVIRONMENT Situated at Cork International Airport, Atlantic Flight Training Academy is ideally suited to offer the perfect environment for those seeking to obtain their frozen ATPL. Cork International Airport is renowned globally as one of the best run airports in the world with industry leading air traffic control services , multiple runways, navigational aids and airport facilities. REPUTATION AFTA maintain a strong reputation within the industry and just some of the Airlines that graduates now fly for include Ryanair, Stobart Air, Norwegian, Aer Lingus, CityJet, easyJet, Virgin Atlantic, Cathay Pacific, British Airways, Etihad Airways and Emirates. TRAINING The Head of Training and Senior Flight Instructors are highly experienced Airline Captains with extensive experience in both airline flying and student instruction. Senior Flight instructors include in house trained instructors with operational experience ranging from fast jet military ,charter, corporate, advanced ab initio and Commercial Civil Airline backgrounds. read more