ASL Airlines Australia extends its Boeing 737 type-rating contract with Acron Aviation through 2028

ASL Airlines Australia has extended its preferred-supplier agreement with Acron Aviation Commercial Training Solutions (CTS) to keep running Boeing 737 type-rating training through the end of 2028, alongside Airline Pilot Standards Multi-Crew Cooperation (APS MCC) training. APS MCC is designed to bridge the gap between a cadet's basic flying qualification and multi-crew airline operations, covering the crew-coordination and automation-management skills a type rating alone doesn't teach. The renewal follows what both companies describe as successful delivery of the 737 program at Acron's London Training Centre during the first half of 2026. Captain Nathan Burkitt, ASL Australia's head of training and checking, said feedback from trainees on the course, facilities, instructors and overall environment had been "overwhelmingly positive," and that graduates showed strong manual handling, automation management and aircraft-systems knowledge heading into their operator conversion training. The extension keeps the two companies' training relationship running for at least two more years without a competitive retender, giving ASL Australia continuity in how its 737 pilots are qualified rather than re-tendering the contract.