Whanganui's New Zealand International Commercial Pilot Academy chief executive Phill Bedford has resigned.
Board chairman David Rae said Bedford had a new position as chief executive of Skyline Healthcare Group, an air ambulance company based in Napier.
From December 6, the flight school's chief flying instructor Ray Nelson will be acting chief executive.
"Phill has made an outstanding contribution to NZICPA, and can take much of the
credit for building the academy into the first-class institution that it is today," Rae said.
"Since 2016, he has transformed a small school at Feilding with 35 students, six aircraft and 5000 annual flying hours into an academy more than three times as large.