Civil Aviation
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.
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FTD.aero has signed a contract to deliver an FAA Advanced Aviation Training Device based on a B738 model to 14DAYPILOT Flight Academy. 24 March 2022
Simaero South Africa has received the civil aviation authority's approval for a new optimized Beechcraft 1900 type rating course. 23 March 2022
Women in Aviation International held one of its largest and most successful annual gatherings during the 33rd Annual International Women in Aviation Conference in Nashville, Tennessee. 23 March 2022
Jaunt Air Mobility LLC signed a Letter of Intent with Flapper Tecnologia, S.A., to purchase Jaunt Journey electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. 22 March 2022
El grupo de trabajo de WATS LATAM, en idioma español, se centrará en ofrecer a las aerolíneas, los reguladores y las ATO de la región “consultas útiles” aplicables a sus necesidades de capacitación diarias.The WATS LATAM Working Group, conducted in Spanish, will focus on offering the region’s airlines, regulators and ATOs ‘usable take aways’ applicable to their day to day training needs. 21 March 2022
Aeralis
hosted a ceremony attended by The Emir of Qatar, His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, revealing two full-scale replicas of the company’s modular jet at DIMDEX 2022. 21 March 2022
For the first time, American Airlines’ first all-female team will be competing in the Aerospace Maintenance Competition, which brings together aircraft maintenance crews from across the United States. 21 March 2022
The Spirit Charitable Foundation and ATP Flight School have awarded a $20,000 training scholarship to an aspiring airline pilot during the 2022 International Women in Aviation Conference. 21 March 2022
Halldale, together with flight simulation specialists ProSim-AR, have launched a new Spanish language Working Group session for the 24th edition of the World Aviation Training Summit (WATS). 21 March 2022
Astrom Training Solutions has released its new Intelligent Data Engine (IDE), which uses advanced big data analysis to evaluate exam results. 18 March 2022
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency has published a Safety Information Bulletin warning of the increased probability of problems with Global Navigation Satellite Systems in the current context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. 18 March 2022
An IATA survey of travel restrictions for the world’s top 50 air travel markets revealed growing access available to vaccinated travelers. 18 March 2022
Pipistrel, whose electric-powered aircraft are rapidly becoming a preferred choice of ab initio flight training schools, is being acquired by Textron Inc. 17 March 2022
CPaT Global has been awarded a new contract with Xfly for the provision of aircraft systems courses for their ATR and CRJ fleets, as well as cabin crew courses. 17 March 2022
The ICAO and International Labour Organization signed an MoU on data collection and the promotion of the sustainable development benefits provided by aviation professions, particularly for women. 16 March 2022
The DiSTI Corporation and Visionary Training Resources have entered into a partnership to develop virtual reality pilot training. 15 March 2022
Skyborne Airline Academy Vero Beach has appointed Ed Davidson as Managing Director of its flight training operations in Florida. 15 March 2022
ATP Flight School has purchased 20 training devices from Frasca Flight Simulation. 15 March 2022
MidTex Aviation, LLC has entered into an asset purchase agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of The Enstrom Helicopter Corporation and plans to reopen the factory in Menominee, Minnesota. 15 March 2022
Covid-fueled business aviation demand is creating shortages of aircraft, as well as qualified pilots and maintainers. 15 March 2022