First Aviation Academy Inc, (FAA) was incorporated on December 5, 2017 and has its training facility established and inaugurated in March 2019 in Subic Bay International Airport as an aviation career and resource center. Its business model was built on addressing the forecast shortage of professional pilots not only in the Philippines but worldwide. FAA is a joint venture flight school between MAcroAsia Corporation (51%) and PTC Holdings Corporation (49%).
Initially, FAA will provide ab initio pilot training, certification and aviation-related career development courses. Each graduate pilot will be a certified holder of a Private Pilot License (PPL), an Instrument Rating (IR), a Multi-Engine Rating (MER) and a Commercial Pilot License (CPL). They shall also be given an introductory course on Airline Transport Pilot Training (ATPT) that will guide them to their ultimate goal of becoming professional airline pilots.
Other main features that set FAA apart from other flying schools in the country are its fleet of relatively brand new TECNAM Planes with full class cockpit electronics instrumentation and the 2 brand new Redbird MCX simulators, the Redbird CE510 Citation Mustang, the Redbird SD/CL the TD2 G-1000 Trainers and the ATPT Device using A-320 Software. Lately, FAA has purchased 9 Cessna 172 planes from the former Philippine Air Lines Aviation School (PALAV) to augment its fleet. With bigger number of assets, FAA is now ready to train more pilots and be a standout in the general aviation industry.