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Launched at Pilot Careers Live Manchester: the EXPEDITE Airline Pilot Career Programme now includes OAT Competency Assurance as standard.

London Oxford Airport, 1 July — Oxford Airline Training (OAT) has taken to the skies under its own ICAO callsign for the very first time, marking a proud milestone for the growing flight school at its home base, London Oxford Airport. The launch comes just a week after the team celebrated its first anniversary as a UK CAA Approved Training Organisation (ATO), and shortly after welcoming its first trainee onto the EXPEDITE Airline Career Programme. Today the team was, in their

OAT launches its inaugural EXPEDITE Airline Career Programme As the saying goes, "the sun shines on the righteous" — and this week it shone brightly as James Todd became the very first trainee to begin Oxford Airline Training's EXPEDITE Airline Career Programme, our inaugural EXPEDITE course. EXPEDITE is an intensive 18-week, 125-hour, full-time programme built to take modular trainees right up to the door of airline employment. It brings together every Advanced phase a gradu

A message from Anthony Petteford, Co-Founder & Director The Vision In the summer of 2025, my business partner John and I set out with a clear ambition to launch a new kind of UK airline pilot training organisation (ATO). Our aim was not simply to establish another ATO, but to create one committed to truly supporting aspiring pilots using MODULAR regulations to gain a 'frozen ATPL'. Our mission was also to 'Level Up' the pilot training experience, delivering excellent instruct

To celebrate OAT’s commitment to Modular APS MCC as a competency-based industry standard, we are promoting B737NG and A320 APS MCC courses: £5,700 (inc VAT) – a significant saving of £1,200 compared to our regular Modular APS MCC fee of £6,900 (inc VAT). Nearly a decade ago, the aviation regulator introduced Multi-Crew Co-operation to Airline Pilot Standards, APS MCC, as a Competency-Based Training and Assessment (CBTA) programme. This ground-breaking course was created to ra

Both inspiring and 'levelling-up' future opportunities for UK aviation professionals, is a core mission of Oxford Airline Training . Today, we welcomed 32 undergraduate students and their 2 course leaders from the University of the West of England (UWE). Reading for a BEng(Hons) in Aerospace Engineering with Pilot Studies, UWE graduates earn their degree with aviation industry-focused insight and skills development; enabling them to become more informed aerospace engineer

Yesterday, the Oxford Airline team had the honour to host the 59th alumni reunion of BA1 - who completed their training at the Oxford Air Training School (OATS) from 1967-1968. This course was often referred to as the 'long course' or UK CAA CAP509. This particular '509' course was significant and pioneering - being the first sponsored course that comprised 25-cadets from both BOAC and BEA as a 'Joint Airways' scheme at OATS alongside the renowned COAT Hamble (Southampton) c

On Saturday 14th March, we opened the doors to Hangar 7 for our very first Discovery Day — and what a day it was. Families, aspiring pilots, and aviation enthusiasts came together at our training centre at London Oxford Airport to get a real taste of what commercial pilot training looks like. For many, it was their first time stepping inside a professional flight training facility, and the reactions didn't disappoint. A Warm Welcome The day ran across two sessions - morning

And so there we have it folks - a month ahead of plan, we've now inaugurated our splendid new Oxford Airline Training centre at London Oxford Airport with the commencement of our first ever APS MCC course in our B737-800 FTD. Not only was it our first course, we are also delighted to be training pilots destined for multi-pilot operations (B350 or B737) for our customer, 2Excel Aviation; for whom our sister company Triple J Aviation Engineering also maintains their DA62 speci

As we prepare to open our doors for our inaugural UK CAA training courses, there’s a mountain of exciting work to get done - and we’d love two energetic CPL/MEIR graduates to join us for the ride. We’re looking for a couple of enthusiastic, “can‑do” volunteer pilots to work closely with our totally unreasonable and annoying Director on a wide variety of really interesting activities at our new training centre at London Oxford Airport. What you’ll be getting involved i

Oxford Airline Training —established in June 2025 as a sister company to Triple J Aviation Engineering—has relaunched the respected Oxford pilot training brand at London Oxford Airport, UK. The company is investing significantly to deliver an expanded portfolio of UK CAA approved MODULAR professional pilot training programmes. Operating from a 55,000 sq ft purpose-built facility, Oxford Airline Training will begin delivering its first modules in April 2026, including Airline