Collège Air Richelieu is a private, for-profit flight training college in Longueuil, Quebec, offering aviation training programs.
Collège Air Richelieu is a private, for-profit college located at 5800, Route de l'Aéroport, Longueuil, Quebec. Its mission is to meet the expectations of the aeronautical market and pilot students by offering training for careers in piloting and for recreational flying. The college's team includes about sixty members.
The college was created and incorporated in 1993 as a flight school, originally located at the Richelieu airport in Quebec. In 1995 it moved to premises at Aéroport Montréal Saint-Hubert Longueuil. In 2005 it acquired the Aéroclub de Montréal, founded in 1928, and now operates under the name Collège Air Richelieu. Richard Blackburn and Thierry Dugrippe are its co-owner founders.
The college offers the Techniques de pilotage d'aéronefs (DEC) program and the Pilote de ligne, ATPL (AEC) program, both of which include the ATPL of Transports Canada. In 2014 it became the first private non-subsidized school to offer the Pilote professionnel, avion, multimoteur IFR (EWA.00) program leading to an AEC. In 2020 it signed an agreement with Transports Canada for Approved Training Organization (ATO) certification.
The college has a maintenance hangar and an aircraft maintenance organization (OMA) approved by Transports Canada to maintain its aircraft. Facilities listed include multimedia classrooms, flight simulators, an aeromedical clinic, a Bistro affiliated with Starbucks, and a Café de l'aéroport. Campuses include the Campus de l'aéroport and the Campus Bishop (Maison de l'aviation).
Applicants may apply to a DEC or AEC collegial program through the general application process. Candidates who completed secondary studies outside Quebec, such as in other Canadian provinces, may also apply. Through a partnership with Jazz Aviation, direct access to selection interviews is available.