Air Seychelles receives visiting CINEC delegation |10 June 2023
The CINEC delegation and their hosts from Air Seychelles in a souvenir photograph
Members from the technical operations department at Air Seychelles were paid a courtesy call by a visiting CINEC delegation on Wednesday, June 7, at the national airline’s head office at Pointe Larue.
Air Seychelles and the Colombo International Nautical Engineering College (CINEC) have a memorandum of understanding, which was renewed last year, that sees the exchange between staff of the airline and Sri Lankan trainees in the same department.
Currently, Air Seychelles is accommodating a third cohort from the college, some of whom were present to welcome the delegation as well as to provide feedback on the exchange.
Discussions included other potential areas of cooperation between the two parties such as further training opportunities for the airline’s staff at the institute, and ways to expand the scope of the MoU to also include other areas of the company aside from the technical operations department.
Although on a short working visit, Campus President, Ajith Peiris, was pleased to have been able to meet with the airline’s representatives and to touch base with the Sri Lankan cohort.
“We are committed to training and upskilling the staff through the multi-disciplinary programmes at CINEC and customised training, conforming to global standards, to enhance the operations at Air Seychelles,” he said.
Air Seychelles’ chief operations officer, Captain Mike Mousbe explained that “professional enhancement of our staff is something we take very seriously, and we are on the right track through our MoU with CINEC. Exchanges will now be made even easier with our direct service to Colombo starting this month.”
CINEC Campus in Colombo has a proud history spanning over three decades and has been able to establish itself as one of the most prestigious institutions in the region. CINEC has also been working closely with the Seychelles Maritime Academy in Seychelles over the past ten years with the aim of upgrading certification to international standards and recognition.