About Us

The Air New Zealand Aviation Institute is the primary provider of flight and cabin crew, aircraft maintenance, frontline customer service and airline operations training for its parent Air New Zealand.

 The Aviation Institute leverages this relationship to provide effective real-world training solutions, to the international and domestic aviation industry, school leavers and career changers.

 Successful aviation careers are created, nurtured and maintained by industry for industry.

Spread over multiple locations the staff of the Air New Zealand Aviation Institute number approximately 130. The vast majority have joined the team from operational airline roles bringing with them huge depths of knowledge and experience.

Management Team

Jignasha Patel

General Manager

John Ogilvie

Business Development Manager

Andrew Ridling

Manager – School of Flight

Ken Newlands

Manager – School of Engineering

Theresa Faumuina

Manager – School of Ground Operations

Brett Bishop

Aircrew Training Manager – School of Service

Evonne Pengelly

GDS Training Manager - School of Service

Hazel Shuttleworth

Manager - PTE

Kaye Sutherland

Training Development Manager

Prateek Mukerji

Quality Assurance Manager

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