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ATP Flight School has broken ground on a new 25,835-square-foot pilot training center in Arlington, Texas. The facility increases ATP's Dallas footprint to support unprecedented airline hiring demand for ATP trained pilots. With nearly 12,000 square feet of dedicated maintenance space underpinning 13,875 square feet of training facilities, the... 24 September 2019
Airbus have predicted the world’s passenger and freighter aircraft fleet will more than double to almost 48,000 by 2038. With traffic growing at 4.3% annually, 550,000 new pilots and 640,000 new technicians are required to meet demand, Airbus added. The company said air traffic had shown resilience to economic... 24 September 2019
The skies over south central Kansas are abuzz with the excitement and energy of student pilots in flight as Hesston College settles into its newest bachelor degree program in aviation-professional pilot. In the inaugural year of the expanded program, Hesston College Aviation is flying with 47 students, an increase... 23 September 2019
English-based VA Airline Training (VA) has launched a new Airline Ready Qualification Programme. The programme comprises three key steps: APS MCC: Enhanced Multi-Crew Cooperation training (40-hours jet simulator) combined with advanced jet operations training – all aligned and tested against standardised ICAO core competencies (20 days) Employment Fundamentals: Non-technical... 23 September 2019
BAA Training's new aviation training centre in Vietnam has received Approved Training Organization (ATO) certification from the country's Civil Aviation Administration and is open for business. The facility has an Airbus A320 full flight simulator, with a second FFS arriving by the end of 2019. A Flame V9000 Commander... 20 September 2019
FlightSafety International announced that Michele Posey has been promoted to executive director, Sales. In this new role, Posey will oversee FlightSafety’s team of Regional Sales managers and directors, and is responsible for business aviation sales activities in North America. Michele Posey, executive director, Sales She has been a valued... 20 September 2019
ProctorU announced that AV8 Flight School will be the first drone aviation company in the UK to offer virtual training and invigilation for its drone aviation training including the Permission for Commercial Operations (PfCO) examination. AV8 Flight School offers drone aviation training in a fully-supported virtual e-learning programme. Their... 19 September 2019
Sponsored Content Supporting added training values, the Avion Phantom A320 Full Flight Simulator (FFS) touchdown and motion cues are next level compared to legacy machines – for Zero Flight Time programs and low hour cadet-level training alike, this is key to training in and validating if correct technique is... 19 September 2019
Flying Time Aviation (FTA), an English flight training school, are to begin teaching ATPL Theory over nine months from next year. The course will be the only residential ATPL Theory programme of its kind in the UK; using two different software packages in addition to the class room-based instruction. 19 September 2019
Highlights from the Asia Pacific Airline Training Symposium, a focused, executive-level treatment of regional airline training and simulation issues - pilot, maintenance tech and cabin crew. Chris Long reports. 18 September 2019
Alpha Aviation Group (AAG) has formally opened its new $11 million Simulator Training Centre Expansion Project at the AAG academy in the Philippines. The new centre, which forms part of AAG’s wider ongoing expansion project, will house four additional simulator bays, and includes a new Airbus A320 Version 2.0... 18 September 2019
FlightLogger has expanded its presence in Germany by signing up an eighth customer in Cockpit4u Aviation Service. An international Approved Training Organisations (ATO) headquartered in Berlin, Cockpit4u have both initial and recurrent training of pilots all over the world. FlighLogger have digitalized Cockpit4u's entire operation over the last few... 17 September 2019
CPaT Global announced the development of its new Airbus A220 Aircraft Systems Course. This course is set to be released in the first quarter of 2020 and will be accessible on iPad, Android, PC and IOS devices, allowing pilots the opportunity to train anywhere, anytime, with or without internet... 16 September 2019
RSi Visuals has successfully completed the installation of two Level D Epic Visual Systems at Kalitta Air’s training facility in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Kalitta Air chose to modernize their fleet with Epic Visual Systems from RSi on both of its 747 Full Flight Simulators (FFSs). One of the visual systems... 16 September 2019
Frasca International Inc. has received Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) approval on their RTD (Reconfigurable Training Device) as a category B synthetic trainer. Three FRASCA RTDs have been delivered to CAE for use at CAE Melbourne and CAE Tamworth training facilities in Australia. The three RTDs are reconfigurable... 16 September 2019
Hawaiian Airlines has become CEFA Aviation’s newest client, choosing CEFA FAS to animate its flight data. Based in Honolulu, Hawaii, the airline now makes the best out of CEFA FAS, using it to animate the data from the entire fleet of Hawaiian Airlines, which includes 58 aircraft. CEFA Aviation’s... 16 September 2019
FlightSafety International now offers safety and security training for flight crews and passengers of corporate aircraft. This new Abduction Prevention course is offered by the Skydas Group in cooperation with FlightSafety. Skydas is a wide spectrum strategic security consulting and threat management firm. “This two day Abduction Prevention course... 13 September 2019
The Air Education and Training Command Women’s Fly-In event in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area Sept. 18-21 will bring rated officers and career enlisted aviators together to network, mentor and inspire others to “Fly Like a Girl.” As part of the Fly-In, Air Force women pilots and static display aircraft... 12 September 2019
FL Technics has extended its EASA Part-145 approval with Airbus A320neo family type (LEAP-1A & PW 1100G) for Line maintenance services. Part of Avia Solutions Group, FL Technics has added it to its main line station in Vilnius, Lithuania. Dubai, Vienna, Tbilisi, Riga and Kiev airports will also get... 12 September 2019
Luís Miguel Ribeiro has become the third member of the Joint Aviation Authorities Training Organisation (JAA TO) Foundation Board. Ribeiro, who is also chairman of the Board of ANAC Portugal, said he was "honoured" after being elected by members last month. "For years, ANAC’s qualified staff have received the... 12 September 2019