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FlightSafety International is to offer a specialized London City airport steep approach operations training program for Gulfstream G650 pilots. The Gulfstream G650 London City Special Airport Training program includes an eLearning module, ground school, and a simulator session at a Learning Center. Topics include an overview of the London... 21 May 2019
FlightSafety International is to provide training for the new Embraer Praetor 600 at its Learning Center in Dallas and St. Louis, and the Pilatus PC-24 aircraft at its Learning Center in Paris, France. Initial, recurrent, and other specialized courses for the Embraer and Pilatus aircraft will be provided by... 21 May 2019
The Aeronautical Repair Station Association's (ARSA) 2019 Member Survey paints a picture of a thriving, international industry whose growth and vitality are being threatened by a chronic shortage of technical workers. 86 companies, representing a diverse cross section of the industry and ARSA's membership, responded to the annual data-gathering... 20 May 2019
US Aviation Academy has been awarded FAA Level C certification and sponsorship for its King Air C-90 full flight simulator. US Aviation has been operating the full motion, full flight simulator under FAA sponsorship by the manufacturer and has now successfully transferred stewardship of FAA certification to its own... 16 May 2019
L3 Commercial Aviation is expanding its U.K. Airline Academy operations with a new site at Cranfield Airport set to open in July 2019. The location will help to increase L3’s flight training capacity for cadets across its European training programs. “With its existing infrastructure, heritage in aviation and strong... 15 May 2019
Ryanair has become the first airline in Europe to introduce CEFA Aviation’s cloud-based service CEFA AMS (Aviation Mobile Services). At the EASA Safety in Aviation Forum for Europe conference in Brussels, Ray Conway, director of Flight Standards & chief pilot at Ryanair, said, “The signing of this six-year agreement... 15 May 2019
FlightSafety International announced that David Davenport will now lead the company as president & CEO. He most recently served as co-CEO and president, Commercial. Ray Johns, who previously served as co-CEO, will continue as president, Government and Manufacturing. He oversees the services and products FlightSafety offers to government and... 15 May 2019
Turkish Airlines has signed a contract with BAA Training for a cadet training program. BAA Training will deliver training to almost 300 cadets for the airline in three and a half years. Since 2016 BAA Training has started six different cadet training programs and currently has over 250 students... 15 May 2019
Alsim has entered a partnership with the first female Red Bull Air Race winner and French aerobatics champion, Mélanie Astles. Together with Astles, Alsim believes it can help in her training to win those few extra seconds required to stand out in this highly skilled, competitive sport. Together with... 15 May 2019
Cork Institute of Technology School of Business (CIT) is now taking applications from commercial pilots for its two-year online Bachelor of Arts degree in international business with aviation studies for the academic year 2019-2020. The degree was designed and created specifically for commercial pilots in conjunction with the aviation... 15 May 2019
To help support Mental Health Awareness Week taking place 13th – 19th May 2019, Symbiotics is offering mental wellbeing assessments to pilots, with the hope that this will help to further the conversation around mental health in this marketplace and help individuals to identify if they may be struggling... 14 May 2019
Euramec announced a new line up of flight simulators for business aircraft types and is further exploring technologies to help operators reduce initial and recurrent training costs. “Training optimization is a major focus for all operators,” Bert Buyle, CEO Euramec says. “Recurrent training costs take up a large portion... 13 May 2019
Due to the increasing industry demand, especially by corporate jet operators, infoWERK and Jet Aviation Flight Services Ltd. have cooperatively developed an eLearning course for Route Competency. When acting as an operating pilot, a pilot must have adequate knowledge of the route to be flown and of the aerodromes... 10 May 2019
Quantum3D Inc. released its latest version of MANTIS, a real-time scene management and image generation software. The latest version of MANTIS comes with a new set of enhanced capabilities for both visual and sensor simulation and will be available on all current platforms including off-the shelf PCs running Windows... 9 May 2019
In the course of upcoming investments in new training equipment for pilot training and further education, Lufthansa Aviation Training (LAT) is cooperating with the manufacturer Reiser Simulation and Training in the field of helicopter simulation. This company is specialized in the production of helicopter full flight simulators of the... 8 May 2019
Coptersafety has appointed Erkka Suvikumpu as chief executive officer. He comes from the position as CEO and Co-owner of Safera Oy, a pioneer in smart home sensor and fire prevention solutions. Suvikumpu will take up his new position on 13th May. "Erkka has a broad understanding of the aviation... 8 May 2019
FlightSafety International is expanding its Master Technician program to include cabin systems. The new Master Technician Cabin Systems program offers a progressive curriculum that follows a five step process. It is designed to provide technicians with the skills required to service and maintain the cabin of the aircraft they... 8 May 2019
Cockpit4U has appointed Christos Diamantopoulos as its new managing director. He takes over the position of Dennis Pilz, who has led the company since its founding in 2006. Diamantopoulos previously held the position of head of training at the company. In his new role Diamantopoulos will focus on developing... 8 May 2019
OxfordSaudia, a CAE Authorized Training Center, has placed an order for two Level 5 Flight Training Devices (FTDs) from Frasca International Inc. The two FTDs will be configured as DA40NG and DA42-VI aircraft and will be located at Dammam International Airport in Saudi Arabia. Both FTDs will feature high... 7 May 2019
AeroStar has received Airbus A320 type rating curriculum approval by the Kingdom of Cambodia, State Secretariat of Civil Aviation. With this approval, Cambodian pilots and airlines alike will have access to AeroStar’s FAA 142 approved training courses and full flight simulator at its Kissimmee, Florida, Training Center location. AeroStar... 7 May 2019