About Us

About CTC Wings

So you want to become an airline pilot?  

An excellent career choice.  It is, quite simply, one of the best jobs in the world.

The right training background will ensure you are best placed to achieve that dream.  CTC’s approach is extremely specialised.  We are all about training tomorrow’s airline pilots today.

CTC Aviation Group plc is a global leader in aviation training and management solutions.   We deliver training around the world for airlines and individual pilots alike; from basic licence (ab initio / cadet) training all the way through to examiner standardisation programmes for highly experienced airline captains. 

Known across the industry for providing the highest quality pilots, we are envied for our state of the art training facilities, highly qualified instructor teams and – most of all – for our long term partnerships with some of the best airline names around.

‘CTC Wings’ is our flagship, integrated training programme for tomorrow’s airline pilots.  The different routes into the programme offer opportunities for aspiring pilots with varying degrees of experience (including zero!) around the world to train with us and benefit from the employment opportunities we are revered for.  100% of our CTC Wings Cadet graduates are placed with an airline - no other flight training provider even comes close.

Just a few more reasons why CTC Wings is where the best pilots train –

• Your training is airline-focused from day one 
• CTC Wings Cadet graduates achieve some of the best results in the industry  
* 97.8% pass all 14 ATPL subjects at first attempt
* Average mark across all 14 subjects is 93%
* 93.6% CPL first series pass rate
* 97.4% IR first series pass rate
* 98.3% Success rate through training 
• We offer the very best employment opportunities available
• In 2010 we secured first time placements for over 280 CTC Wings pilots 
• Between January and July 2011a further 165 started with their airlines 
• Our single (C172) and twin (DA42) training aircraft are fitted with Garmin 1000 cockpits 
• Our Boeing and Airbus simulators are equipped with the latest visual systems
• Our £40,000 ‘Bond Protection’ package is one of the largest financial risk protection packages for ab-initio training in the industry