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19 November 2024
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AeroStar Training Services announced a new partnership with Spirit Airlines. This partnership agreement will enable highly qualified pilots who complete A320 type rating at AeroStar to interview for employment at Spirit in a Flow Through Program. AeroStar will also be involved in providing ATP-CTP training for Spirit. “This partnership is... 16 November 2018
Alsim has sold an ALX Medium Jet to Central Flying Academy in Germiston, South Africa. The device, which will support their PPL, CPL and IR offering, will be delivered in December. CFA had been introduced to the ALSIM ALX at Oshkosh 2017 in the USA, by other flight training schools. 16 November 2018
CEFA FAS (Flight Animation System) is a software that recreates flights based on the data coming from the aircraft's flight recorders, reproducing a view of the cockpit, the aircraft and its environment in 3D – among other features. It is already used by the safety and training departments of... 15 November 2018
Bill Johnson, Ph.D., the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA’s) chief scientific and technical adviser for human factors in aircraft maintenance systems, was honored with the Flight Safety Foundation–Airbus Human Factors in Aviation Safety Award. The award, presented on the first day of the Foundation’s 71st annual International Air Safety Summit (IASS),... 14 November 2018
Conair has purchased from entrol an AT-802 FTD Level 2 simulator. It will be installed in Conair’s new Aerial Wildfire Training Center (AWTC) in Canada. The Training Center will house a number of FTDs used for aircraft transition training and mission-based aerial firefighting. The center is the first of its... 14 November 2018
Royal Brunei Airlines has launched an eLearning strategy supported by learning technology and content solutions provided by Peak Pacific. Peak Pacific has implemented a SaaS enterprise learning management system (LMS) to enable Royal Brunei to manage, track, report, analyse and audit online learning programs across the organisation. Royal Brunei Airlines... 14 November 2018
UFA, Inc. (UFA), a provider of Air Traffic Simulation and Voice Technologies, announced that it has delivered its ATCloud ATC training platform to Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) in Manchester, New Hampshire. SNHU’s new ATCloud platform delivers hosted voice recognition and response (VRR) enabled ATC skills, phraseology and radar training... 13 November 2018
Simloc Flight Simulation has launched a new pilot training device, the A320 SR FTD 1 and FTD 2 MCC, with a launching commercial strategy, which includes a pay-per-use financial system. This Airbus A320 FSTD has been developed for pilot training from ab initio to recurrent. Both hardware and software are... 12 November 2018
SIM-TECH Manufacturing has been awarded a contract from Southwest Airlines to build several new B737NG door and overwing exit trainers and to update many others. SIM-TECH spokesman Josh Conrey stated that Southwest Airlines is one of the Premier airlines in the United States, and we are excited to have been... 12 November 2018
Pedro Ramos, HR Director, TAP Air Portugal Mário Spínola, L3 Airline Academy Director Europe Ramiro Sequeira, COO Chief Operating Officer, TAP Air Portugal Luís Esteves, Director Flight Operations, TAP Air Portugal L3 Commercial Aviation announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with TAP Air Portugal, increasing... 12 November 2018
MINT Software Systems, a manufacturer of training management solutions for the aviation industry, announced the signature of a service agreement with Jet2.com for the implementation of the web-based training management system MINT TRMS. MINT TRMS allows training planners, instructors and crews with “anytime, anywhere” online access to their training schedules,... 12 November 2018
Simon Potts, an independent consulting engineer and visual systems engineer specialist, recently opened Southcoast Simulation in Miami, Florida to help provide housing and maintenance services for flight simulators in that area. Potts, who founded Superflight Simulation Services Inc. in Canada, opened this training center that houses two Boeing 747-400 Level D... 12 November 2018
CAE is to acquire Bombardier’s Business Aircraft Training (BAT) business for an enterprise value of US$645 million, expanding its ability to address the training market for customers operating Bombardier business jets, which at more than 4,800 aircraft, is one of the largest and most valuable in-service fleets of business aircraft... 10 November 2018
Boeing and Safran have received regulatory approvals for a joint venture so they can begin designing, building and servicing aircraft Auxiliary Power Units (APUs)—onboard engines that are primarily used to start the main engines and power aircraft systems while on the ground and, if necessary, in flight. The companies also... 9 November 2018
In October 2018, HM Aerospace (HMA) went digital with FlightLogger's Flight Training Management Solution to improve and optimize their ATO activities. HMA is a Malaysia Flight Training Academy that is a member of the Halim Mazmin Group. HMA’s training center is one of the preferred facilities for the cadet pilots of... 9 November 2018
FlightSafety International announces that the Embraer E-170 aircraft simulator it built for S7 Airlines of Russia has received EASA qualification. This European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) qualification includes Issue 2 upset prevention and recovery training capability. “The EASA Issue 2 qualification of the Embraer E170 simulator built for S7 Airlines... 8 November 2018
ACCEL Flight Simulation has signed a memorandum of agreement with Rockwell Collins to expand its service and support capabilities for Rockwell Collins visual systems customers in China. Signed today at the 2018 China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition, the agreement will establish a customer service function to provide local support... 8 November 2018
AFI KLM E&M subsidiary is delighted to announce the addition of the Boeing 737 MAX to its EASA Part 145 Approval. KLM UK Engineering is a European provider in the regional jets and narrow body aircraft market, and having an internationally acknowledged expertise on the Boeing 737, Embraer 170/190,... 8 November 2018
Multi Pilot Simulations (MPS) has been contracted by Norwegian to deliver an MPS B737 NG FTD-2, which will be installed in the Flight Training Center at Gatwick Airport in the U.K. MPS CEO Capt. Philip Adrian: “We are excited that Norwegian, one of the largest airlines in Europe, has chosen... 7 November 2018
Avicopter, on behalf of the relevant investors of Aviation Industry Corporation of China Ltd, and Thales signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the establishment of a joint venture helicopter pilot training center. With the development of the Chinese civil helicopter market, the importance of providing helicopter pilot training services... 7 November 2018