Etihad Airways recognises UAE national graduates
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Etihad Airways recently recognised a record number of UAE national graduates from its Future Leaders programme.
The graduating class consisted of 280 UAE nationals including 86 cadet pilots, 82 technical engineers, 37 graduate managers, 13 airport operations managers, five sales managers, 53 Fursati Foundation programme graduates and four graduates from the Sabre programme.
The graduation was attended by HE Hamad Al Shamsi, vice chairman of Etihad Airways Board and Etihad Airways board members. HE Hamad Al Shamsi and James Hogan, Etihad Airways’ president and chief executive officer also attended the event.
HE Hamad Al Shamsi said: “It is an opportunity for them to go out and become leaders – leaders of this business and leaders of our great country.”
The five-year cadet pilot programme consists of three and a half years academic studies in partnership with Abu Dhabi University and an 18 months flight training at the Etihad Flight College in Al Ain.The 53 Fursati graduates join the airline in direct entry customer-facing ground service roles. Etihad Airways employs more than 2,700 UAE nationals across its global business.
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