VIAGS authorised to host IATA training center course
The Vietnam Airport Ground Services Company Limited (VIAGS), a subsidiary of Vietnam Airlines, has received the IATA Authorised Training Centre Certificate from the International Air Transportation Association (IATA).
Director of IATA Vietnam Do Nhu Phung (L) hands over the training certificate to a representative of VIAGS (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - The Vietnam Airport GroundServices Company Limited (VIAGS), a subsidiary of Vietnam Airlines, hasreceived the IATA Authorised Training Centre Certificate from the InternationalAir Transportation Association (IATA).
The IATA certificate will have global legalvalidity. The VIAGS courses commissioned by IATA will include category 3dangerous goods, basic goods service, live animal service, aviation securityawareness and many other courses related to aviation transport.
Under the guidance of VIAGS trainers, studentsregister for the course and participate in the tests organised by IATA inVietnamese territory.
With the IATA centre in Vietnam, individuals andorganisations operating in the aviation transport sector can save on learningcosts compared to IATA training courses in foreign countries, while ensuringthe certification of the most prestigious airline organisation in the world.
At the end of 2015, Vietnam Airlines launchedVIAGS under the first professional business model in Vietnam to unify theprocess, quality and efficiency in providing ground services at airports.
The company currently specialises in providingservices at terminals and aprons, technical service, ground trade forpassengers and aircraft, and commercial services, tourism, hotels, duty-freesales at terminals.-VNA
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Director of IATA Vietnam Do Nhu Phung (L) hands over the training certificate to a representative of VIAGS (Photo: VNA) 
