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Keilir - Icelandic Aviation Academy graduated 25 ATPL students on 17 January 2020. The graduation ceremony took place at Hljomaholl Cultural Center in Reykjanesbær, Iceland.

Keilir graduates students from three departments - Aviation Academy, Preliminary Studies and Health Academy - on Friday 17 January at Hljomaholl cultural center in Reykjanesbær.

The newly merged Icelandic Flight School and Keilir Aviation Academy have jointly graduated close to 1,200 professional pilots during the past two decades. Keeping in mind that the aviation industry predicts that 800,000 pilots are needed over the next twenty years, pilot training in Icelandic is going to play an important part for the future of aviation both in Iceland and abroad.

Keilir Aviation Academy graduated 18 ATPL students on 31 August at Andrews Theater in Reykjanesbær, Iceland. After the ceremony 89 pilot students have graduated from Keilir in 2019 and a total of 307 from the first graduation ceremony a decade ago.

Graduation Ceremony for Professional Pilot students at Keilir Aviation Academy will be held at Keilir main building, Saturday 31 August at 1pm.

Keilir Aviation Academy graduated 43 students from ATPL and Integrated Professional Pilot Programs on 14 June at Andrews Theater in Reykjanesbær, Iceland. After the ceremony 71 pilot students have graduated from Keilir in 2019 and a total of 289 from the first graduation ceremony a decade ago.

Keilir main office and administration will be closed during the Holidays, from 19 December to 2 January. Flight operation will be open during parts of the Holiday season.

Keilir Aviation Academy (KAA) has signed a CAMO arrangement with Flugverk in Iceland regarding service and maintenance of all training aircraft at the flight school. The agreement takes place on 1 December.

Over the past few years there has been a steady increase of women in professional pilot training at Keilir and currently one in every five pilot students at the school are female.

Dr. Hilmar Þór Hilmarsson Professor at the University of Akureyri, School of Business and Science, and former Advisor to Keilir Academy, has published a new book. The publishing company is Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. The book is entitled: “The Economic Crisis and its Aftermath in the Nordic and Baltic Countries - Do As We Say and Not As We Do.”