Bali International Flight Academy Graduates 108 Pilots

jpnn.com, JAKARTA - When the aviation industry experienced a decline in the second year of the pandemic, the Indonesian national flying school under the name Bali International Flight Academy (BIFA) remained enthusiastic in producing a number of national pilots.

This year, BIFA graduated 108 pilots with commercial pilot license and multi engine license from eight batches.

The graduation ceremony certainly brought fresh air to the Indonesian aviation industry.

BIFA, which was founded in 2009, has graduated more than 1,000 pilots and is the largest private pilot school in Indonesia.

"The aviation industry is closely related to economic growth, which is very vulnerable to environmental factors such as wars, terrorism, natural disasters, and pandemics. The Covid-19 pandemic has really hit the global and national aviation industry, but the economic growth will revive as the national aviation industry improves," BIFA CEO I Gusti Wiradharma B Oka said in a statement, Thursday.

BIFA, which has a home base at Letkol Wisnu Airport, Buleleng, Bali, and Blimbingsari Airport, Banyuwangi, as well as an outbase at Adi Sumarmo Airport, Solo, has faced some operational challenges during the pandemic.

Although there was a vacuum for three months at the beginning of the pandemic with the cadets returning to their homes, BIFA has been pushing their cadets to complete their education well so thay they are ready to pursue their career as a pilot.

"As an archipelagic country with the fourth largest population in the world, the prospects for the national aviation industry are very good, so the potential for high national market demand for pilots provides an opportunity for national pilot schools such as BIFA to build schools that are strong in business and of high quality," continued Oka.