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Airways Flygutbildning is the latest Swedish flight school to go live with FlightLogger’s Flight Training Management platform. The value proposition of becoming paperless by integrating the management of flight programs, ground theory, bookings, flight registrations, certificates, documents, messages and maintenance was Airways Flugutbildning’s reason for choosing the FlightLogger platform. After... 4 January 2019
Airbus is further accelerating the rollout of digital shopfloor processes which are enabling operators to directly interact in real-time with its Manufacturing Execution System (MES). With the system, more Airbus commercial aircraft shopfloor operators can now visualise the workflow in real-time on smart connected devices, while speeding-up problem solving and... 3 January 2019
Tayside Aviation became the first Scottish ATO to go live with FlightLogger, which increased the number of countries represented on FlightLogger’s customer map to 30. After being presented to the benefits and functionality of FlightLogger’s Flight Training Management software, Tayside chose the program to provide their managers, instructors and students... 3 January 2019
FINAA, a Finnish Aviation Academy, went live with FlightLogger’s integrated flight training management platform to digitalize their ATO activities. After assessing the benefits of a paperless and integrated management of flight programs, ground theory, rentals, bookings, safety management, flight registrations, certificates, documents, messages and maintenance – FINAA decided to go... 3 January 2019
The Airbus Cockpit Experience (ACE) Trainer, a virtual and interactive cockpit simulator used in Airbus training centres for flight crew licensing courses, is now available for A330 operators. The trainer has been welcomed by airlines, with agreements signed by several customers in Asia, Africa and Europe. The same approach is... 3 January 2019
Airways New Zealand partnered with the Australian College of Kuwait (ACK) to establish an air traffic control (ATC) training academy for Kuwaiti students. As part of the joint venture partnership agreement, Airways is providing a one-year training programme at ACK for a group of ATC students, and has installed a... 2 January 2019
STEMPilot Inc. in Waterbury, Conneticut, partnered with King Schools of San Diego, California, to integrate the King Schools flight training system to enable CTE students to train for an FAA Drone Pilot License or FAA Private Pilot License. STEMPilot has created a CTE Career Pathway in aviation covering five semesters... 2 January 2019
Pan Am International Flight Academy and Miami Dade College (MDC) have joined forces to address the critical shortage of commercial pilots expected within the next two decades, by training the future generations of aviation professionals. These institutions have signed an agreement to jointly create solid career paths for aviation students. 2 January 2019
Alsim sold an AL250 FNPT II flight simulator to Aeronautical Web Academy (AWA), a flight training school located near Lisbon Airport. The simulator is due to be delivered in April 2019. The AWA Board of Directors explained why they chose Alsim: “We were looking for a state-of-the-art simulator with excellent... 21 December 2018
FTO Padova became the latest Italian flight school to join FlightLoggers’ integrated flight training management platform and digitalize its activities. FTO Padova chose the FlightLogger platform for the value proposition of becoming paperless and having an integrated management of flight programs, ground theory, bookings, safety management, flight registrations, certificates, documents,... 20 December 2018
The Tamworth Regional Council has purchased BAE’s pilot training facilities at Tamworth Regional Airport. The agreement follows the council’s announcement that Virgin Australia is the preferred airline to establish the pilot training academy. While the existing training facilities are located on council-owned land at Tamworth Regional Airport, the facilities are... 19 December 2018
The Saudi National Company of Aviation (SNCA), a CAE Authorized Training Center, selected Diamond Aircraft’s twin DA42-VI and single DA40 NG for its training center. The agreement will comprise of 60 airplanes over a five-year period. Delivery of the first 12 aircraft will start February 2019. The DA40 NG and... 19 December 2018
CAE announced the opening of applications for the CAE Women in Flight scholarship program in collaboration with five global airlines. Five full scholarships, covering the entire cost of a cadet pilot training program, including accommodations and travel, will be awarded to outstanding female ambassadors to make them role models and... 18 December 2018
Gulf Air signed a contract with Etihad Aviation Training (EAT) to offer Full Flight Simulator (FFS) training to Gulf Air’s Boeing 787 Dreamliner pilots. The contract strengthens the ties between Gulf Air and Etihad Aviation Group, following the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the two companies in November. As... 17 December 2018
CAE announced the signing of multiple business aviation training contracts with business aircraft operators worldwide, including Alerion, DC Aviation, Icon Aviation and Windsor Jet. Alerion renewed its exclusive pilot training agreement with CAE for an additional two years on multiple aircraft platforms, including Bombardier, Cessna, Dassault, Gulfstream, Embraer and Hawker. 17 December 2018
The European Flight Academy looks back on a record year. With over 450 flight students in 2018, more pilots than ever before began their ab initio training as commercial pilots at Lufthansa Group. Under the EFA brand, Lufthansa Aviation Training (LAT) bundles all flight schools of the Lufthansa Group at... 17 December 2018
Orbit Groundschool will be providing the theoretical part of the new Multi-Crew Pilot License (MPL) training for Transavia Airlines. These classroom-based theoretical lessons will be given at Lelystad Airport. In order to provide this, Orbit Groundschool has developed a curriculum founded on computer-based training, supported by lessons from qualified ground... 14 December 2018
In an initiative designed to align APS MCC training with the latest ICAO developments in Competency-Based Training and Assessment (CBTA), VA Airline Training is strengthening its AirlineReady APS MCC course with Competency Assurance in January 2019. Competency Assurance provides a guarantee that any VA trainee who has not fully reached... 13 December 2018
To better represent the core activities of the business today, Virtual Aviation is becoming VA Airline Training. The revised branding incorporates a new ‘Careers Take Flight’ strap-line to represent the company’s focus on enabling pilot career opportunities for its customers. The use of magenta as an accent colour in the... 13 December 2018
Seeing Machines Limited has partnered with L3 Commercial Aviation to deliver integrated eye tracking capabilities into their Full Flight Simulator (FFS). The first device with this functionality will be delivered to an Australian airline in 2019. The companies developed a solution to provide and leverage the eye tracking capability and... 12 December 2018