Lufthansa Technical Training and APFT Maintenance Training sign five-year training agreement

Hamburg/Kuala Lumpur, 23 September 2014:
Lufthansa Technical Training (LTT) and the APFT Maintenance Training
(APFT) aviation school have signed a contract for the training of
aviation technicians in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on September 23. Over
a period of five years, about 400 trainees from APFT – Maintenance
Training will be trained and qualified as aircraft mechanics (CAT A
1.1) according to EASA specifications.

Dato Faruk Othmann, Director of APFT, said: “APFT through its flight
school Asia Pacific Flight Training have been conducting pilot
training and now is expanding into Engineering training through its
Maintenance training school. We believe that this agreement with LTT
will benefit not only the students but the aviation industry in the
region as well.”

Andreas Kaden, Managing Director of Lufthansa Technical Training,
added: “This is a major success for us in the booming but highly
competitive aviation training segment in Asia. This long-term
contract gives both parties the security they need for their planning
and allows the Malaysian aviation industry to benefit from LTT’s many
years of international experience in technical training programs.”

Starting in January 2015, training staff from the LTT subsidiary
Lufthansa Technical Training Philippines (LTTP) under Jochen Harms
(General Manager) will conduct lessons in theory and practice with
the EASA-approved LTT instructional materials and administer the
exams as well. LTT experts will also evaluate the exams and issue the
certificates.

Training takes place at the facilities of APFT – Maintenance
Training. After successful completion of the training, graduates can
apply with the European Aviation Safety Agency or one of the national
authorities for an EASA CAT A 1.1 license after another 3 years of
on-the-job training.