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revenue streams. Many flight schools that have relied on evaporated
foreign business prospects will likely see their business decimated
by COVID-19. As of this writing, a very large Southeast flight school
with over 540 aircraft catering primarily to foreign students ceased
operations in March of this year. Unfortunately, more are likley to
follow in its wake,
The International Aero Academy group of companies is a unique
aviation training organization. We are owned and managed by
former senior airline and aviation executives-including former
presidents, CEO's, chief operating officers and managing directors
of US major, national, low cost, cargo, charter and regional airlines.
We have operated International Aero Academy, a FAA certified 141
flight academy for just over three years. In this period, we have
earned FAA certification for International Aero Charters, a Part 135
certified charter air carrier and International Aero Maintenance,
a certified Part 145 maintenance repair station. We are currently
undergoing FAA Part 147 certification for a licensed Airframe &
Powerplant maintenance training academy.
After working diligently for several months, in December 2019, we
were approved by an educational lender to make available up to 100
percent tuition financing for our US students. The dollar value of educational loans approved for our U.S. students in January and February
of 2020 exceeded 50 percent of our total flight training revenue in 2019.

We are often asked why we spent the time and effort to pursue
FAA certification for our commercial charter operations and for
our maintenance organization. Charter operations will provide
our experienced flight instructors an additional avenue to build
flight hours in an air carrier environment, sharpening their skills
and enhancing the likelihood of success when transitioning to an
airline environment. The maintenance certification recognized
the already high professionalism of our maintenance operations.
Our manuals, procedures and paperwork are not dissimilar from
that of airlines. We now perform 3rd party commercial operator
maintenance services. This capability provides our Part 147 A&P
school graduates opportunities to gain valuable experience before
transitioning to an airline, manufacturer or other industry.
US civil aviation, pre-pandemic, represented over $1.6 trillion
in annual economic activity, 5% of GDP and over 10 million jobs.
Aviation is truly an economic engine. Aviation training organizations are essential to maintain this valuable economic contribution.
They need to not only focus on training students to regulatory
standards, they must also create a path to learning enrichment
with real world experience.
We are immensely proud of our students' success in their chosen
field.

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