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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The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has published for 28-day public consultation a Proposed Airworthiness Directive (PAD) concerning the Boeing 737 MAX, signalling its intention to approve the aircraft to return to Europe’s skies within a matter of weeks. 30 November 2020
In March 2020, Aero Locarno, based in Switzerland, signed a contract for five Sonaca 200 Trainer Pros. The approved training organisation has now decided to double the initial order, bringing the revised order to a total of 10 aircraft. 27 November 2020
Heli Protection Europe has joined FlightLogger as a partner, the first Italian helicopter school to do so, and increasing the total tally of Italian pilot academies using FlightLogger to four. 27 November 2020
Austrian company AXIS Flight Training Systems GmbH has installed a new ATR 72-600 full flight simulator at training provider Simtech Aviation in Dublin. 26 November 2020
AeroStar and Eagle Jet International have entered a partnership to provide pilots with full-time, permanent employment positions. 26 November 2020
Airways International Ltd has launched Airways Knowledge Online, a virtual training academy for the aviation sector. 26 November 2020
CAE has concluded a conditional agreement with Textron to acquire TRU Simulation + Training Canada Inc. for a cash consideration of approximately US$40 million. 25 November 2020
VRpilot has signed a contract with Danish pilot training company, Center Air Pilot Academy, on the delivery of VRpilot’s virtual reality cockpit flow trainer, VRflow. 25 November 2020
EL AL Israel Airlines, the national airline of Israel, and Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, are set to explore deeper cooperation following the signing of a virtual Memorandum of Understanding. 25 November 2020
Quantum3D released its new generation Independence IDX-900 Image Generator, equipped with its MANTIS software. 25 November 2020
The Experimental Aircraft Association and Microsoft are teaming up to provide flight training scholarships and education resources throughout the US. 25 November 2020
After careful consideration and review of the current worldwide COVID-19 pandemic trends, Women in Aviation International’s 32nd Annual International Women in Aviation Conference will be held virtually on March 11 and 12, 2021. 24 November 2020
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency will not automatically adopt the US Federal Aviation Administration’s conditional approval for re-certifying the controversial Boeing 737 MAX aircraft. 24 November 2020
Global Training Aviation’s ATR 72/500 Level D full-flight simulator has been upgraded and received AESA UPRT high-altitude stall event, full stall and icing certification according to CS-FSTD (A) issue 2. 24 November 2020
Although the rotary-wing community seems to be less impacted than the airline community, there are differences as to how various vertical flight operations have been affected. US Editor Chuck Weirauch surveys the helicopter training market. 23 November 2020
Having passed a compliance audit, BAA Training’s flight base in Lleida-Alguaire has received official approval from ENAC to carry out flight training for its students. 23 November 2020
Qantas has chosen Spatial to deliver a new wide-body Cabin Emergency Evacuation Trainer. 23 November 2020
AVT Simulation has a few more spots left in its AVT 101: Simulation Overview for 7-10 December. 19 November 2020
Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Steve Dickson signed an order that paves the way for the Boeing 737 MAX to return to commercial service. 18 November 2020
The UK Civil Aviation Authority has issued a statement to clarify some key areas related to the Multi-Crew Pilot Licence and the impact that Covid-19 has had on cadets who are currently unable to complete the base training element of their MPL course. 17 November 2020