New Zealand training for Saudi Arabian air traffic control graduates

A group of 25 Saudi Arabian students have graduated from an air traffic control (ATC) training programme provided by Airways International, following two years of studies in New Zealand. The students’ 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). Members of the SANS executive team, and some family members of graduating students travelled from Saudi Arabia to attend the graduation. Airways has been training Saudi