Iqembu labafundi abangama-25 baseSaudi Arabia selithweswe iziqu ohlelweni lokuqeqeshwa kokulawulwa kwezindiza (ATC) olunikezwa yi Abakwa-Airways International Ltd., kulandela iminyaka emibili yezifundo eNew Zealand.

Ukuphothula kwabo iziqu ngoLwesine 29 Novemba kukhombise ukuphothula ngempumelelo kwabafundi iminyaka emibili yokufunda enikezwe nguMnyango Wezemfundo kanye neGeneral Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) eSaudi Arabia, yokuqeqesha abalawuli bezindiza beSaudi Air Navigation Services (SANS). Amalungu ethimba eliphezulu le-SANS, kanye namanye amalungu omndeni wabafundi abaphothule uhambo lwabo besuka eSaudi Arabia bezothamela ukuthweswa iziqu.

I-Airways ibilokhu iqeqesha abafundi baseSaudi Arabia esikhungweni sayo sokuqeqesha i-ATC ePalmerston North kusukela ngo-2010. Leli yiqembu lesithupha labafundi abazilolonga ne-Airways eNew Zealand, okwenza isibalo sabafundi sibe ngu-170 kusukela ngo-2010. Elinye iqembu labafundi baseSaudi Arabia bazoqedela ukuqeqeshwa kwabo eNew Zealand ngo-Ephreli 2020.

Isikhulu esiphezulu se-Airways International Ltd uSharon Cooke uthi, “Sithanda ukuhalalisela laba abaphothule iziqu zabo ngokuqedela ngempumelelo uhlelo lwabo lokuqeqesha i-ATC, kanye namakhasimende ethu i-GACA ne-SANS njengoba besebenza ukukhulisa isibalo sabalawuli bezindiza abaqinisekisiwe eMiddle East. ”

Lo mfundaze unikeze abafundi ithuba eliyingqayizivele lokuhlala nokutadisha eNew Zealand ohambweni lwabo lokuba ngabalawuli bezithuthi eziqinisekisiwe. Abafundi basebenzise izinyanga zokuqala eziyi-12 befunda isiNgisi eKaplan International College nase-Auckland University of Technology, base bephothula uhlelo lokuqeqesha i-ATC lwezinyanga eziyi-12 nge-Airways ePalmerston North.

Abafundi bahlala nemindeni yasekhaya lapho kungenzeka khona, futhi bacwile esikweni nasendleleni yokuphila yaseNew Zealand. Baqeqesha kuma-simulators asezingeni eliphezulu okulawulwa kwezindiza, benikeza ulwazi lomhlaba wangempela endaweni yokufunda ebandakanya kakhulu.

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Their graduation on Thursday 29 November marked the students' successful completion of a two-year scholarship provided by the Ministry of Education and the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) in Saudi Arabia, for the training of air traffic controllers for Saudi Air Navigation Services (SANS).
Airways International Ltd CEO Sharon Cooke says, “We'd like to congratulate these graduates on the successful completion of their ATC training program, and our customers GACA and SANS as they work to increase the number of certified air traffic controllers in the Middle East.
The scholarship gave the students a unique opportunity to live and study in New Zealand on their journey to become certified air traffic controllers.