PT AirAsia Indonesia, a low-cost airline company based in Malaysia, plans to build an aviation training centre in Cengkareng, Banten in March next year.

AirAsia Indonesia chief executive officer Dharmadi was reported as saying that the training centre, besides to train its pilots, would also be opened to other pilots in the world.

The plan had been mentioned by AirAsia group chief executive officer Tony Fernandes at the opening of the Asean AirAsia new office in Jakarta last Tuesday, but he did not elaborate on the matter.

Fernandes said the training centre was part of AirAsia’s long-term plan.

AirAsia already has a similar training centre, the Asian Aviation Academy, located not far from the Low-Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT) in Sepang, Selangor.

- Bernama