7 April 2025 Rick Adams Tanja Schmidt began her role with the International Air Transport Association in September 2024, inheriting a department which manages hundreds of training courses across dozens of airline-related categories. She sat down with Rick Adams to discuss how the role is going and what training changes are coming.
The new location in Pécs, Hungary, will function as an engineering and research office supporting current and future AXIS projects together with Headquarters in Lebring, Austria. 6 January 2023
The first class of maintainers to earn an Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) Certification from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has officially begun at U.S. Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. 5 January 2023
Loft Dynamics AG (formerly VRM Switzerland), is entering a partnership with Air Greenland to bring its virtual reality training simulator to Greenland. 4 January 2023
With an investment of € 140 million, AEGEAN is creating the first Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul Facility and the first Simulation Facility for pilots and cabin crew members in Greece. 4 January 2023
Skyborne has promoted Carla Booth to Group Head of Airline Business, a new position responsible for growing the academy’s relationships with key global airlines. 4 January 2023
Canadian flight training device manufacturer Flightdeck Solutions (FDS) has delivered its B737 MAX device to the University Of Central Missouri (UCM) School Of Aviation in Warrensburg, Missouri. 19 December 2022
Scottish flight training academy ACS Aviation have ordered two P-Mentor aircraft to be added to their current fleet to expand their fleet capabilities in 2023. 19 December 2022
Our goal at Halldale is to be the catalyst and hub for simulation training, so we’re looking to the future, learning from last year to better build and shape 2023 activities to meet the needs of our community. 19 December 2022
The goal of this partnership is to ease the financial burden of students interested in entering a career in aviation, developing a promising pipeline, and cultivating a strong workforce to support the growth of the industry. 14 December 2022
Airline Pilot Club (APC) and Airline Flight Academy have launched a partnership that is aimed at providing aspirant airline pilots with professional guidance and training as they move along their route to an airline pilot career. 14 December 2022
To meet the burgeoning demand for African airlines and military pilots, cabin crew and other aviation industry professionals, the Airways Aviation - ESMA Group will launch its training activities in Africa in the first quarter of 2023. 13 December 2022
Halldale Group’s European Airline Training Symposium (EATS) continues to grow in numbers and expand in outreach to the civil aviation community in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. 13 December 2022
AeroGuard Flight Training Center has been selected by Arizona State University to provide flight training services to ASU students enrolled in the B.S. in Aeronautical Management Technology (Professional Flight) degree program. 12 December 2022
The Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Kyrgyz Republic has entered into an agreement with the CAA International (CAAi) to review and update the country’s State Safety Programme (SSP) per ICAO Standards and Recommended Practices. 12 December 2022
Halldale, together with the ATPG (Aircrew Training Policy Group), will host three new episodes of the CAT Leader Forum Webinars in 2023. 12 December 2022
Merlin Flight Simulation Group installed a new motion based MP521 simulator on a six axis electric motion system at The Department of Aerospace Engineering, in the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Swansea University. 9 December 2022