Civil aviation training school re-certified

A view of newly commissioned flight simulator room set up in the control tower at CJIA.

The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) on Thursday certified its civil aviation training school and commissioned its recently-acquired simulator.

The GCAA, in a press statement, said the Civil Aviation Training School (CATS) received its accreditation at a simple ceremony held at the Air Traffic Control Tower, Cheddi Jagan International Airport (JIA), Timehri.

Formerly known as the Guyana Air Traffic Services Training School and more recently as the Air Navigation Services Training School, the CATS was originally established in 1979 and certified by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

It provided training for almost four decades, however, the school