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.
Alsim Simulateurs has been awarded a contract by the Airports Authority of India for the design and production of three FNPT II MCC simulators. 6 September 2021
CAE USA has acquired a minority stake in the flight training operation of SkyWarrior Flight Training LLC, based in Pensacola, Florida. 1 September 2021
Barbers Point Flight School, located on Kalaeloa, Oahu, at John Rodgers Airfield, acquired a high fidelity Alsim AL172 simulator. This is now Alsim’s first simulator based in Hawaii. 26 August 2021
Hans Airways has entered into a partnership with Resource Group, allowing the UK-based start-up airline to commence the recruitment process for the flight crews it needs to continue gaining its UK Air Operator Certificate later this year. 26 August 2021
Deutsche Aircraft, a new purpose-driven German aircraft Original Equipment Manufacturer, and AERO-Bildung, the aviation training centre of Bavaria, have signed an agreement to jointly train future aviation mechanics. 25 August 2021
American Airlines is pausing its plans to centralize pilot training in Texas due to the rapid increase in demand and unprecedented growth in passenger travel since early Spring. 24 August 2021
For the seventh year in a row, Women in Aviation International received a $12,500 grant from The International Society of Transport Aircraft Training Foundation, which funds educational programs that advance commercial aviation. 24 August 2021
Advanced Simulation Technology inc. introduced an X-Plane ownship plug-in to its Simulated Environment for Realistic ATC product, which provides SERA with all the necessary simulation parameters from X-Plane. 23 August 2021
Bartolini Air Pilot Training Centre has reinforced its fleet with the CAP 10C NG aerobatic plane, making them the first operator of this aircraft in the world, says the company. 23 August 2021
Avion Group has opened a new flight training centre in Luton to support the start of a new long-term cooperation agreement with Wizz Air and IAGO Flight Training. 19 August 2021
Q4 Services has been contracted by Stratolaunch to supply a Level D SupraVue 200x40 degree Field-Of-View Collimated Visual Display System utilizing the latest Barco 4k technology along with a Scalable Displays auto alignment system. 19 August 2021