On the 25^th of January 2011 “Riga Aeronautical Institute” and the organization “EUROCONTROL” has concluded an agreement on using a unified European Aeronautical Database (EAD).

Under this agreement, RAI is entrusted to provide training of AIS specialists on using EAD database.

EAD is a centralized reference database of quality-assured aeronautical information for airspace users and an integrated AIS solution for service providers.

Cooperation and internationalization
RAI cooperates with multiple institutions, including state and non-state organizations, professional associations, universities, companies, colleges, secondary schools, etc. Cooperation is planned and organized depending on the type of institutions, importance in the industry as well as geographical location.

The main criteria for starting cooperation are the partner's reputation, compliance with the specifics of the activity direction and benefits for all cooperation partners, as well as the investment of one's own resources related to innovation or technology transfer.

RAI actively cooperates with industries using various types of cooperation platforms. Partners and  employers are attracted through working in industry associations or by participating in working groups organized by ministries (e.g. professional standard expert working group). Partners from higher education institutions are attracted through participation in conferences, seminars and forums.

The main directions of cooperation with the industry partner are as follows:
• Participation in scientific research and creative activities;
• Participation in the improvement of study directions and study programs;
• Provision of internships;
• Organization of methodical events;
• Organization of guest lectures and practice;
• Participation in state final exams.

The chosen directions of cooperation allow ensuring both the achievement of strategic goals, which are defined in the development strategy of RAI, and also to implement the goals of the study direction.

For example, cooperation with employers at RAI takes place in various forms during the entire program implementation, starting from the idea of developing a new program and its licensing, ending with requesting new specialists and receiving them at workplaces; teaching and administrative staff participating in professional and scientific conferences, as well as other events.

Partners from higher education institutions are attracted through participation in conferences. These are universities that implement study programs similar to RAI, and companies that are interested in specialists trained by RAI and that can provide appropriate internships.

Partners from higher education institutions are attracted through participation in conferences. These are universities that implement study programs similar to RAI, and companies that are interested in specialists trained by RAI and that can provide appropriate internships.

In cooperation with higher education institutions, emphasis is placed on scientific research and creative activities, staff qualification improvement and methodical events.

The main directions of cooperation with higher education institutions are as follows:
• Participation in scientific research and creative activities;
• Organization of methodical events;
• Participation in state final exams.

Cooperation with foreign partners gives RAI the opportunity to get acquainted with the experience of these organizations, with the development trends of the transport sector and the need for certain specialists. When elaborating the development strategy of the study field and planning the work of the university, RAI definitely takes into account the opinion of the mentioned institutions, their experience and achievements.

Starting with June 2009 Riga Aeronautical Institute is a holder of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) sertificate PART 66, PART 147 numbered LV.147.0001. The Institute convenes the following programs:

Type Training Boeing 737 – 300/400/500 (CFM 56) B1
Type Training Boeing 737 – 300/400/500 (CFM 56) B2

Training of specialists is provided in RAI Training Center according to Maintenance Training Organization Exposition (MTOE).

THE 2-nd INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE

“INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT:  ECONOMICS, MANAGEMENT, SPECIALIST TRAINING.”

 26-27 of May, 2010, RAI, Riga, Latvia

Riga Aeronautical Institute (RAI) is one of the oldest educational institutions of Latvia with rich experience and traditions of training of specialists in the aviation and transport sphere.
RAI, founded in 1942 as a school of training of aviation specialists, from 1989 is an institution of higher education with many years’ successful experience of work on the international market of educational service.

  RAI today is:
- A termless accredited institution of higher education Promising and in-demans transportation and economic professions
- Modern methods of teaching
- Qualified academic staff
- Cooperation with field-specific educational institutions and training centres
- Collective training of cadets of Nacionāla Aizsardzības Akadēmija
- Branches in Latgale: Daugavpils, Rezekne
- Network of regional advisory units
- Possibility to obtain a state diploma of the Republic of Latvia recognized by the Ministry of Education of Russian Federation
- Highly developed teaching and methodical and material and technical base
- Full of variety campus life

We are sure – we go one way I.Kuznetzov   RAI President

  So the history ordered that in the course of 70 years the Institute has changed its name several times and since 1992 it has been called Riga Aeronautical Institute, becoming a legal successor of earlier well-known educational institutions: RAUSS GVF, RAUSS GA, RLTU GA, RBAU GA.
The only one thing has remained unchanged – a high level of training of specialists.
Particular pride of the Institute is its graduates.
In the course of 70 years there have been trained:
• radio technicians - 17000
• air traffic controllers - 21000
• economists – transport managers - 8000

But ... The pride lies not in the quantity, but in the contribution of every graduate to the development of the sector where they work