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Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin today (14 October 2015) officially opened a new state-of-the-art training facility at Gatwick Airport.

皇冠体育app new Gatwick Academy will be the main aviation training hub for all easyJet pilots and crew based in the UK and across Europe.

皇冠体育app site opened as easyJet announced a drive to recruit over a thousand cabin crew and pilots over the next 12 months. Many of them will be trained at the Gatwick facility, which will also boost the skills of the existing workforce - allowing the airline to promote 200 cabin crew to cabin managers and 140 co-pilots to captains.

Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin said:

皇冠体育app world-class reputation of British pilots and crews has helped build our thriving aviation industry and this training facility will help underpin that success.

Airline pilots and crew are now able to apply for financial support as part of the government鈥檚 commitment to create 3 million more apprenticeships across the country. I welcome easyJet鈥檚 announcement today that they will double their number of female trainee pilots and make sure that careers in aviation are open to all.

As part of the visit the Transport Secretary was given a tour of the facilities by easyJet chief executive Carolyn McCall before a short ceremony formally opening the site. 皇冠体育app facilities include a cabin simulator, evacuation slide and fire training rig.

In addition to new recruits, around 40% of easyJet鈥檚 existing crew of 7,000 staff will also use the new site to complete their annual training by the end of the 2015.