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On its face, the apparent drop in demand for air travel appears to  portend misgivings for those wanting an aviation career as pilots or mechanics. We should not forget that pre-pandemic, the worldwide aviation industry was bemoaning an historic shortage in pilots and mechanics.  The pandemic has not and will not make that shortage go away.  There will […]

LAKELAND, FL – Tecnam, one of Europe’s leading manufacturers of general aviation aircraft and International Aero Academy, Ltd. (“IAA”) today announced they have completed an aircraft purchase agreement for an initial six (6) P2008 aircraft with the first delivery scheduled in the 2nd quarter of 2018. The IAA Tecnam P2008, will be equipped with state-of-the-art […]

Company Completes Series A Financing to Fund Growth LAKELAND, FL – September 6, 2017 –  International Aero Academy, Ltd. today announced it has completed a Series A Preferred Stock financing with strategic industry investors. IAA is a Lakeland, FL-based FAA-certificated ab initio and accelerated flight school with authority to issue foreign student visas for training. […]

Published in FLYING MAGAZINEby Ashley Burns Officials from International Aero Academy and Southeastern University gathered at Lakeland Linder International Airport in Florida on Wednesday to announce a new aviation program that they believe will blaze the trail for a solution to the pilot shortage. Joined by SEU President Kent Ingle and others at IAA’s LAL […]