Air Service Training

Working with the college, AST delivers aeronautical engineering courses for professionals so they can meet European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) standards.

AST also runs academic courses up to BEng (hons) degree in aircraft maintenance.

It has also gained approval under EASA Part 147 regulations and is the preferred training provider of national and international companies, such as Cathay Pacific, British Airways, BMI British Midland, EasyJet, Ryanair and Bristow Helicopters Ltd. AST has also been the preferred training provider for aircraft engineer licensing for several military and governmental organisations, including the Royal Flight of Oman, Kuwait Air Force and the British Army Air Corps.

The Aeronautical Engineering College, founded by John Davenport Siddeley, opened in 1931 at Hamble aerodrome in Hampshire and operated there until 1960, when it moved to Perth Airport.

[2] Former AST aviation students include: The Hon Mrs Victor Bruce, the first female pilot to circumnavigate the globe; Amy Johnson, holder of records for flying to Australia and Japan, and Sir Alan Cobham, founder of the flying circus and the Cobham Company.