VILNIUS. – There are many schools in Lithuania where pilots study from all over the world, including Armenia.

Armenia and Lithuania are establishing productive cooperation in various fields in the recent years, including education. One of the Lithuanian schools - Pilotu Mokykla, which also has Armenian pilots, has concluded an agreement with the National Aeronautical Association (NAA) of Armenia on training Armenian pilots on modern jets.

The school also offers qualification programs for military pilots to be qualified as civil pilots.

Another school, where Armenians studied, is the Baltic Aviation Academy.

The NAA President Dmitri Atbashyan believes that cooperation between Armenia and Lithuania in aviation has good perspectives.

“Lithuania has good positions in the region in terms of preparing staff for aviation and we have to develop our cooperation. We want to express gratitude to Miran Khachatryan, pilot and instructor working for Baltic Aviation Academy, for strengthening ties with Lithuania,” Atbashyan said speaking to Armenian News-NEWS.am.

Atbashyan also stated that the small aircraft may reduce the burden of land transportation and play a big role in agriculture. He recalled that Armenia once had 12 airports of local air lines, including those in Kapan, Meghri, Goris, Jermuk and other cities

“There is a real demand for small aircraft in Armenia today,” he emphasized.