About us
BUTTERFLY TRAINING is the leader in e-learning regulatory training for the air transport sector
An innovative player in airport training for 20 years, we were the first to develop e-learning regulatory training courses for the air transport sector.
All our training courses are designed by subject-specific experts to meet the specific needs of airport safety, security and operations.
Thanks to our innovative teaching methods and our network of partners, we can guarantee high-level training that complies with the latest European and international regulations.
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Our competencies and expertise
After over a decade of creating modules, gaining approval and certifying students, dealing with new regulations and regulation changes either based on US and European regulations or ICAO and IATA requirements, we have built a strong team who are capable of creating exciting and engaging courseware to keep your organisation compliant. We use the knowledge and industry experience of our experts to challenge constructively, advise and offer independent advice.
Our team
The Butterfly Training team is built around highly skilled subject matter experts with a range of backgrounds in various sectors from International Civil and Military Aviation & various European and US Aviation Authorities.
History
2005 – Our Birth
The company started in France back in 2005, founded by Olivier DAVID who has dual expertise in training processes and information technology.
The initial and main activity was security training delivered both in classic mode, and web-based. BUTTERFLY AERO TRAINING was a pioneer on the French airport environment to deliver web-based online training for airport security.
2009 – Strategical decision
BUTTERFLY AERO TRAINING made a strategical decision by only focusing on web-based training to become the exclusive specialist in this area. No more classic trainings were run from that period and all investment went to web-based E-learning module development. We then did extend the offer to a larger scope of modules in the area of security and safety training in the aviation industry.
2010 – Leader on the French market
We designed a new LMS to provide more features and more training. At this time, Butterfly Aero Training is the market leader in security Training for the airport personnel. New URL: www.aerotraining.org – New markets launched: Ireland and Portugal operational activities were launched!
2012 – Two years later
Spain operational activities were launched, new training IATA Air Transport Dangerous Goods (DGR IATA) were released. The company started also to look into strategical ways of course portfolio extension.
2013 – New branding to address the international market
Ongoing international expansion projects took place such as rest of Europe and North American countries. We created the brand Butterfly Training and started global expansion on the European market and initiated our very first developments with US market. Germany, Switzerland, Scandinavia, Ireland started operations. Later on, came Poland and Bulgaria.
2016 – Launch US developments Learning platform
US Hazmat 49 CFR compliant courses was launched, in 2017 Butterfly Training developed a US partnership on the US soil based in Washington and obtained an FAAST approval for SUPS – Parts Training.
2017 / 2018 – Expansion continues
Expansion continues with an established Florida, USA office. UK, Italian, Polish and Bulgarian markets were launched with online country specific Security Awareness Training.
2022 – New subsidiary in Spain
Expansion continues with the opening of our Spanish subsidiary Butterfly Training SL, based in Madrid.
2022 – IATA certification
On January 1st, 2022 – Butterfly Training is the 1st training centre in Europe to be certified CBTA Center Excellence by IATA.
2024/2025 – Pedagogical innovations
We launched our ChatBot with artificial intelligence ‘Papillon’, which supports trainees throughout their training.
We are developing new functionalities to integrate adaptive learning into our LMS.
Our cloud-based aviation course portfolio
Airport activities
- 11.2.6.2 security awareness (airport ID)
- Aviation security 11.2.3.6 à 11
- Dangerous Goods Training Awareness (CBTA all functions)
- Airside and safety security training
- Safety Management System (SMS)
- Human factors awareness
- Aircraft De-icing and Anti-icing
- Foreign Object Damage risk (FOD)
Air Carrier
- Aircraft Search & Protection 11.2.3.6, 11.2.3.7 and 11.2.3.11
- IATA DGR Awareness Training (Crew functions)
- Upset Prevention and Recovery Training (UPRT)
- Reduced Visibility Separation Minima (RVSM)
- Winter Operations Training
- Low Visibility Training
- EWIS group 7
- Fuel Tank Safety – CDCCL
- Type training A320, Avro RJ85
MRO Courses
- SUPS Parts
- EWIS 1&2
- Fuel Tank Safety & CDCCL
- AIR OPS Legislation
- Aviation legislation EASA Part 145 and CRS
- Facteurs humains and SMS
- Système de Gestion de la Sécurité (SGS)
- Foreign Object Damage risk (FOD)
- Suspected unapproved parts (SUPS)
Aviation Security
- 11.2.6.2 Airport ID Card Security Awareness Training
- 11.2.3.6 Aircraft Security Search Training
- 11.2.3.7 Aircraft Security Protection Training
- 11.2.3.8 Baggage Reconciliation Security Training
- 11.2.3.9 Cargo & Mail Security Training
- 11.2.3.10 Airport Inflight and Supplier Security Training
- 11.2.7 General Security Awareness Training
- 11.2.2 Supervisors
Dangerous Goods Training Awareness (ICAO, EASA, IATA CBTA Center Excellence)
- Ramp and Warehouse Personnel 7.4 (previously Category 5)
- General Cargo Acceptance Personnel (previously Category 7)
- Warehouse Personnel 7.4 (previously Category 8)
- Passenger Handling Personnel 7.5 (previously Category 9)
- Flight operations officers & flight dispatchers 7.8 (previously Cat. 10)
- Load planner 7.6 (previously Category 10)
- Flight Crew 7.7 (previously Category 10)
- Flight Crew 7.7 (previously Category 10)
- Cabin Crew 7.9 (previously Category 11)
- Security personnel 7.10 (previously Category 12)
Airport Safety
- Health and safety airside
- Safety Management System (SMS)
- Human factors awareness
- Aircraft De-icing and Anti-icing
- Foreign Object Damage risk (FOD)
