Since its establishment in 1968, the Zambia Air Services Institute (ZASTI) has produced some of the finest aviation experts in the world. Providing thorough and professional training in such areas as Flying, Aircraft Maintenance, Aero-Electronics, Air Traffic Management, Rescue Fire Services, Meteorology and Aviation Security, ZASTI has consistently turned out the highest quality of specialized individuals in the field of Aeronautics.

Through ZASTI’s high standards of training and irrefutable reputation, our courses have become recognisable as some of the leading training programmes in the region and, indeed, in the world.

Our Institution is renowned for it’s expertise method of training in all aspects of the aviation industry. We excel in air safety, ensuring a higher quality of security throughout the world of air travel.

Zambia Air Services Training Institute (ZASTI) was established in 1969 as a combined school of the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) and Department of Meteorology (DMET), to first and foremost train Zambians for an industry that was then exclusively dominated by expatriates. In 1970, the Institution was placed under the Commission for Technical Education and Vocational Training, forerunner to the Department of Technical Education and Vocational Training and now Technical Education Vocational and Entrepreneurship Training Authority (TEVETA) under the Ministry of Science Technology and Vocational Training.

In 1998 the TEVET Act no. 13 of 1998 was enacted , that provided for the establishment of a management Board in January 2000, and brought about management and financial autonomy at the Institution.

ZASTI has since inception been providing quality services and a wide range of Aviation Programmes that have, in addition to local industry, attracted students from Southern African region and beyond.

In this website the Institution provides programmes that address industry’s operational concerns and desires. The courses provide necessary skills and knowledge for an organisation’s safe and efficient operations and also a base for further individual professional advancement.

Prospective aviators are therefore assured of the right entry to this ever challenging, exciting and profitable industry.

Welcome on board!

Billieard C. Shingalili, PRINCIPAL