Kuwait to send students to Britain for aviation training

Kuwait CITY, March 7 (Xinhua) -- Kuwait will send a number of aviation students to Britain for training, the Kuwaiti Ministry of Higher Education said on Thursday.

At a ceremony held at the British embassy in Kuwait, Wafaa Hussain, scholarship director at the ministry of higher education of Kuwait, said that the ministry signed a protocol with Kuwait Airways to send 180 aviation students to Britain, where expenses are fully covered.

"The new scholarship plan will provide a number of aviation students and assistants that Kuwait Airways needs over the next three years," she said.

Michael Davenport, British ambassador to Kuwait, said that the students will be trained in cooperation with the Kuwaiti Ministry of Higher Education and the Britain L3 Aviation Academy.

He expressed his pleasure to send the aviation students to Britain to be trained in the best aviation academies, noting that sending those students to Britain emphasizes the strong ties between the two countries.

Abdul Halim Zaidan, assistant chief operating officer of Kuwait Airways, said that the 180 students will be flown to Britain to study aviation during the next three years where L3 Aviation Academy will teach the next generation of Kuwait Airways pilots the latest aviation technology and information.