Regional Air Suport Training has been recognized as a Top ten European International Air Transport Association (IATA) Authorised Training Center (ATC) for 2012.

The award, which was presented to RAS during the IATA Training Partner Congress that was held in Istanbul in 2012, is in recognition of the Regional Air Suport's  "outstanding contribution in developing the human capital by reaching out to the next  generation of leaders in the evolving air transport industry in the European region"  according to Ismail AlBaidhani - Head of IATA Global Partnerships & Learning Innovation.

According with the IATA ITDI, the criteria that have been used to distinguish RAS from the rest of the ATC members in Europe were the number of students RAS had trained during 2011 and the students’ exam pass rates throughout 2011.