Māris Selga, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Latvia to the United States of America, visited the Institute's flight school, Pelican Flight Training in Miami, to get acquainted with its fleet and the flight practice provided.

Every day and every minute, thousands of Air Traffic Controllers around the world are working to make sure that all aircraft have reached their destinations safely and efficiently. Safety in the sky is in the hands of these professionals on the ground!

We congratulate our students, graduates, and Air Traffic Controllers worldwide!

RAI congratulates all teaching staff and thanks everybody for the input into society development!

We wish our lecturers great success in teaching the future specialists which will be in demand on the market, talented students and the best professional results!

On September the 5th 2023, Riga Aeronautical Institute convened the opening ceremony for the 2023/2024th academic year. The ceremony was attended by RAI academic staff and students, including the 1st year students. The ceremony was opened by the director of engineering studies Vladimir Reiskarts. Chairman of the Convent Marina Romele and Rector Anatolijs Melnis, who greeted the students with the start of the new academic year.

During the ceremony the students which demonstrated ...

Dear students and lecturers!

Congratulations on the Day of Knowledge!

Have a successful 2023/2024 academic year!

On June 12, the management of the Riga Aeronautical Institute held negotiations with representatives of Navoi Innovation University. Since at the moment the civil aviation industry in the Republic of Uzbekistan is actively developing, the state needs pilots, mechanics, air traffic controllers and other aviation specialists. The RAI team spoke in detail about our training programs for aviation specialists in various fields and shared the experience accumulated in this area. The parties decided to continue contacts and develop cooperation in training both the aviation and logistics specialists.
The Navoi Innovation University team was led by PhD, rector ...

On the 11th of July this year, representatives of the Academy of Civil Aviation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kairat Koshekov, Vice-Rector for Research and Daulet Tureakhmetov, Director of the Flight Training Center visited Riga Aeronautical Institute. On behalf of RAI, the guests were received by the Senior Vice-President, Mikhail Karol, and the Director for External Relations, Asnata Venckava.
During the visit, the parties discussed issues of current cooperation and possible future prospects, including the joint development and implementation of projects in the field of civil aviation, as well as other important issues ...

On the 30th of June, Riga Aeronautical Institute had conducted the International Scientific and Practical Conference “Transport. Education. Logistics and Engineering 2023".
The plenary session of the conference was opened by Vice-Rector of Studies, K. Savenkovs, wishing all participants a productive and successful day of the conference. Other participants of the Presidium of the conference also spoke to the participants of the conference.
The conference was attended by participants from Latvia, Poland, Spain, Greece, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan ...

On June 22 at 13:00, diplomas of higher education will be awarded to RIA graduates of the study directions Mechanics, Transport Services, and Electronics, both for bachelor and master programs. Relatives and friends of our graduates are also invited to the award of diplomas.
We will be glad to see RIA staff and students at this event!

From 15 till 26 of May at the RAI training center (metalworking workshop) under the guidance of an METALWORKING specialist Mr. Marks Menkovskis the training practice “Metalworking practice”, in frame of study programs “Aircraft Technical Maintenance”, “Air Transport Systems Management and Operation”, "Electronic equipment maintenance"for 1 year students of RAI from Latvia, India, Pakistan, Ukraine have been convened. The main objective of practice was to provide students with basic skills in metalworking and skills in using special tools independently preparing working drawings and, according to the assigned quality level, to produce the drawn part ...