In response to felt need of high quality of pilot training in India, Chimes Aviation Academy (CAA) (www.caaindia.com) was formally launched at Dhana, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh in June 2008. CAA is India’s largest, fully integrated Aviation Training Academy, with the latest fleet of Cessna 172R aircraft with Garmin 1000 glass cockpit and twin engine Piper Seneca-IV. CAA is a DGCA approved Academy which offers comprehensive curriculum for Com¬mercial Pilot Licence (CPL) and Private Pilot Licence (PPL) courses, in addition to type rating and license endorsements.

Investment in quality infrastructure is supported by a team of aviation specialists who operate on the basis of a pre-determined value system. CAA’s focus has been to build a faculty consisting of personnel with impressive credentials, are ethical, efficient and quality conscious¬ in their delivery. Several of the flying instructors come with many years of civil/defence/training experience across the globe and ground instructors are con¬sidered icons in this field.

CAA’s high quality training, ethical practices, latest equipment, efficient processes and documentation have been acknowledged by M/s Det Norske Veritas AS (DNV) of Netherlands, according the Academy the ISO 9001:2008 certification. Chimes Aviation Academy is certainly redefining the paradigm of pilot training in India.