Kuwaiti Cadets Start Pilot Training in Spain

BAA Training has entered a partnership with Kuwaiti low-cost carrier (LCC) Jazeera Airways to provide Airline Transport Pilot License (ATPL) Integrated pilot training.

BAA Training will deliver an 18-month ATPL Integrated training course with Multi-Crew Cooperation (MCC) for two groups of cadets. The first group began training in August 2026 at BAA Training’s facilities in Lleida-Alguaire, Spain.

Jazeera Airways is adding new narrowbody aircraft as part of its growth plan.

The competency-based program includes theoretical instruction, single- and multi-engine flight training, and the MCC course on the Airbus A320 Level 2 Flight Training Device (FTD), bridging initial pilot training and advanced training such as Type Rating.

“Selecting the right training partners is critical to building the strong pipeline of skilled, airline-ready pilots Jazeera Airways needs for the future,” said Capt. Abdulnaser Almutairi, Head of Training at Jazeera Airways. 

Based on Boeing’s projection and typical flight training requirements of around 200 hours per pilot, training more than 23,000 new pilots in the GCC would require approximately 5 million flight training hours.