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L3Harris Selected to Train All Pilots for Japan�s Leading Airline

Highlights:


  • Expands previous agreement with Peach Aviation to include All Nippon Airways pilots
  • Enables All Nippon Airways to meet future pilot demand
  • Ensures standardization of new pilot training across All Nippon Airways group airlines

CRAWLEY, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) announced today its selection by Japan�s largest airline, All Nippon Airways Co. Ltd., to train its next generation of pilots.

The agreement builds on a decades-long pilot training and simulator relationship between L3Harris and one of ANA�s subsidiaries, Peach Aviation. That training relationship will now expand as L3Harris will provide pilot training for All Nippon Airways and its group airlines.

�This agreement shows the confidence ANA has in the quality of L3Harris� training capabilities,� said David Coward, Vice President and General Manager, Airline Academy, L3Harris. �The ANA Group already entrusts us to train its pilots for Peach Aviation and now we will play an even more important role in preparing pilots for its flagship carrier.�

Beginning in March 2023, the initial group of All Nippon Airlines students will attend the 60-week, single-engine and multi-engine flight training and ground school in England before returning to Japan to complete their Japanese Civil Aviation Bureau license.

�L3Harris has a history for producing highly skilled future pilots,� said Takeshi Yamagishi, Vice President, ANA Flight Operations Center Quality Planning. �By using its quality locations and training facilities we can ensure we are well prepared for future growth.�

All Nippon Airlines ranks in the top 15 airlines worldwide by annual revenue. L3Harris� has supplied All Nippon Airlines with flight training devices since the 1980s, with the first pilot training agreements signed between the two in 2018.

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L3Harris Corporate

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