Century Air's Cirrus SR-20 has recently returned from a month long makeover with a sleek new paint scheme. The fastest single-engine plane in our fleet now looks like the fastest plane in the sky! You can train in style, while experiencing all of the benefits of learning how to fly a technically advanced aircraft (TAA). Cirrus aircraft have always been on the leading edge of aviation innovation, with a modern design and lightweight composite airframe, improving aircraft speed and performance. The Avidyne glass panel avionics system installed in the airplane offers greatly improved situational awareness - a necessity in today’s [...]

Mohammad Ajaj is Century Air's latest proud graduate of the professional pilot program (seen here with Richard Greene, right). After two years of hard work and excellent time management, he holds a commercial pilot certificate - single and multi-engine with an instrument rating. Aside from his many accomplishments as a pilot, he travels extensively with his position as Chief Operating Officer of a large national company, Metrolink, LLC., and is also a devoted husband and father of five young children. With a successful business and growing family, at thirty one years old Mohammed decided it was time to realize his [...]

Congratulations, Walid Khallaf for your most recent achievements - landing a First Officer position with Egypt Air, and also passing your ATP check ride with Century Air! Walid enrolled in Century Air's Professional Pilot Program in 2010 (starting with zero hours) and in only four years he has met his goal of flying the Airbus A-320 with Egypt Air. He now has over 2000 hours and is flying routes all over the Middle East, Europe and Africa. Walid holds dual citizenship in Egypt and the USA, so he had many career path options to choose from. The position with Egypt [...]

Century Air graduate, Joseph Farley, is our most recent success story - having just upgraded to Captain with American Eagle! Joe began his career in 2003 when he chose to enroll with Century Air’s flight program in affiliation with CCM’s (County College of Morris) AviationTechnology degree program.  Joe quickly earned his pilot certificates and his college degree while also working for Century Air as a dispatcher.   In 2006, Joe achieved CFI status and immediately moved up to an instructor position teaching private and commercial students.  It took only one year before American Eagle hired Joe for a first officer position [...]

Yehia El Naggar (also known as Josh to his U.S. friends) is the latest graduate of Century Air's professional pilot program. Josh is from Cairo, Egypt, and at the age of 21, he ventured to the USA to pursue his dream of learning to fly and eventually becoming an airline pilot. Although he looked at a lot of schools, he decided to follow the advice of a colleague who highly recommended Century Air for his training. Josh says he's very glad he made that choice! With excellent English skills and a strong desire to achieve his goals, Josh earned his [...]

We are proud to announce that our Simulator Training Center is now operating out of a newly rennovated building at the Essex County Airport. For the past 10 years this training center was located on the other side of Passaic Avenue, but it was time to bring it closer to our flight training center. It is now within a short walk across the parking area for your convenience. Featuring the Frasca top-of-line real world simulators - this 2,300 sq foot training center has individual rooms for simulator sessions, offices, personal study rooms, classrooms and a very comfortable lounge for students [...]

Susana Restrepo recently completed the Professional Pilot course and is our first female international (M-1) student to earn her Commercial Pilot Certificate (single and multi-engine with an instrument rating). Throughout her training, she has performed to a level of excellence! Susana, age 20, came to the United States from Colombia only two years ago (with very few English skills) to take the training necessary to become a commercial pilot. She has achieved that goal, and so much more! Her English is now excellent and her piloting skills are too. She definitely takes after her father with her desire to fly. [...]

Congratulations to Vinicius Bouvier for doing a great job on his commercial flight test! Vinicius is the first student to graduate a course in the newly aquired Seneca aircraft. He is returning to Brazil after completing the professional pilot program - and is now the proud holder of a commercial multi-engine certificate. His goal is to work for an aviation company in his homeland and we wish him all the best. We know that his excellent flying skills will help him to land a great job! The Seneca is the newest addition to the Century Air fleet. This beautiful PA-34 [...]

Student pilot, Saki Chen (seen here with her instructor, Greg Adair), has been awarded the 2012 Dodie Riach Memorial Scholarship, which she intends to use toward obtaining her PPL. Saki hails from Sichuan, China. She has recently graduated from law school and has also passed the bar exam. She is a special contributor for several Chinese aviation magazines and plans to specialize in aviation and aerospace law. Saki completed her first solo flight in early May. Keep up the great work! We are proud to have you training with Century Air.

Congratulations to Charlotte Asdal, the youngest of five sisters who have graduated flight training courses with Century Air. Charlotte, 18, (above), achieved her private pilot license on February 10th and has already started working on her instrument rating. She will be graduating high school this spring, and is planning on attending the US Naval Academy in June, where she will be studying Arabic and hopes to eventually become a Foreign Area Officer. Charlotte will be the fourth sister to attend the US Naval Academy! Read more about the sisters below. They are a truly remarkable group of young women who [...]