Before IFAERO, no aeronautical training was available in the whole of the South East of France. But in September 2000, the new school opened offering a chain of aeronautical training courses. Created by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in partnership with the Education Authority in response to existing needs, notably linked to the application of European norms and standards (JAR), it offers initial professional training for students and ongoing professional training for airport employees, airline desk staff and airport assistants employed at the airports in Nice and Cannes-Mandelieu.

On 12 January 2001, the Nice Côte d'Azur Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Nice Education Board finalised the creation of the "Institut de Formation Aéronautique" (IFAERO)

IFAERO meets its clients' needs by positioning itself at the heart of an aeronautical environment peopled with professionals: the Nice Côte d'Azur and Cannes-Mandelieu Airports:
- it reconstitutes a production force that meets international standards,
- it identifies the employment market's needs in terms of skills - and then supplies staff qualified in those skills,
- it offers training that respects the regulations, standards and procedures that have developed in air transport.

It has first-rate infrastructures at its disposal and provides its clients with instructors from the professional aeronautical world (Airport Managers, Airlines, Airport Assistants, DGCA, etc.) who can make presentations both in English and in French.