New Zealand Diploma in Aviation (Aeroplane and Helicopter)

The purpose of this qualification is to provide the Airline sectors and Flight Training Schools of the NZ Aviation Industry with individuals who have attained sufficient operational and theoretical knowledge and practical skills to achieve employment as commercial pilots or associated support staff in flight planning and aircraft operations in those fields. Graduates will qualify to operate as commercial pilots under the appropriate NZ Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) rules for air transport operations (e.g. regional, domestic, charter or international airlines) and flight instruction.

Air Hawke’s Bay (AHB) is the wholly-owned company of the Hawke’s Bay & East Coast Aero Club Inc and operates from the Hastings Aerodrome. Air Hawke’s Bay specialises in providing full-time integrated fixed wing pilot flight training for both domestic and international students, and air charter services. Air HB was the first NZ training provider to be accredited with CAA Part 141.

To help you learn to fly, AHB has up to eighteen instructors to operate an aircraft fleet that includes Piper Tomahawks and Cherokees, Cessna 152 and 172s (glass cockpit), and DA42 Diamond Twin Star. These aircraft are supported with CAA approved simulators.

Unrivalled airspace and good weather conditions provide our students with better training coherency.