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.
Airline management and governments worldwide handled the pandemic slowdown rather poorly. How are they doing with the recovery?, asks CAT Editor Rick Adams, FRAeS. 25 April 2022
In its mission to contribute to the growth of the aviation industry and offer advanced aviation courses and certifications, Pan Am Flight Academy has recently added new equipment to its fleet of training devices. 22 April 2022
AAP Aviation is to become the biggest owners of Pilot Flight Academy in Norway after a group of industrial and financial players have now joined forces. 21 April 2022
Maxar Technologies has made a strategic investment in Blackshark.ai, a provider of artificial intelligence-powered geospatial analytics services. 21 April 2022
Chris Long investigates the relationship between Germany-based Volocopter and EASA and assesses the start-up's bold plan of providing an air taxi service at the Paris Games. 21 April 2022
Saturn Flight Simulator has acquired patents of its new and disruptive flight training simulator, which was followed by a letter of intent for six simulator orders. 20 April 2022
Eve UAM, LLC, an Embraer company, and Thales have teamed up to support the development of Eve’s electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft in Brazil. 20 April 2022
Volatus Infrastructure, LLC, in partnership with Wittman Regional Airport and Greater Oshkosh Economic Development Corporation, have established their first permanent eVTOL vertiport. 20 April 2022
CPaT Global has been awarded a new contract with CommutAir for the provision of Aircraft Systems courses for the Embraer ERJ145, as well as CPaT’s General Subjects. 20 April 2022
There are a number of targeted investments in the budget request that will have direct impact on the US commercial aviation community, and by extension, their training activities. 19 April 2022
FlightSafety International remains a leading training solutions provider, serving the civil and military aviation sectors. But there are a few changes afoot. 19 April 2022
While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has extended the mask mandate through 3 May 2022 for passengers onboard flights, Airlines for America is urging officials to lift it. 14 April 2022
Skyborne Airline Academy has released a benefits package to ease the financial barriers for prospective airline pilots in the UK and enhance their education. 13 April 2022
CPaT Global has made a strategic partnership with AVCON DWC, a Dubai-based consulting firm that provides customized solutions to the global aviation industry. 13 April 2022