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Training for the new Pilatus PC-24 has begun at FlightSafety’s Learning Center in Dallas, Texas. The Pilatus PC-24 simulator was recently qualified and approved for training by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) following qualification by the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in December 2017. “Receiving EASA and... 14 February 2018
Pictured (Left to right): Adi Silagy, Product Management Department Leader; and Barak Kirmayer, Customer Solutions & Delivery Department Leader Britannica Knowledge Systems (Britannica), developer of the Fox Training Management System (Fox), is restructuring its business to enhance both its product and customer responsiveness following customer feedback from the Britannica... 14 February 2018
Pictured (left to right): Andrew Walters, Chairman of London Biggin Hill Airport; and Sam Parrett OBE, Principal and CEO of London South East Colleges The UK’s Biggin Hill Airport has received major funding from the Greater London Authority (GLA) for its £12m Aerospace & Technology College, which will be... 12 February 2018
Pictured (left to right): Robin Glover Faure, President of L3 CTS; and Hugo Hilário, Mayor of Ponte de Sor L3 Commercial Training Solutions (L3 CTS) has opened a new European Airline Academy at Ponte de Sor Airport in Portugal in an expansion of its cadet pilot training offering. The... 12 February 2018
Thai Flight Training (TFT), a subsidiary of Thai Airways, has ordered an Airbus A320 door trainer from Spatial which is due to enter service during the second quarter of 2018. The device, which is equipped with Spatial’s door visuals system, will offer training on the L1 door and over... 12 February 2018
Piper Aircraft, Inc. (Piper) has received an order for 152 aircraft from its exclusive dealer in China, Fanmei Aviation Technologies, marking the largest single trainer order in the OEM’s history. The seven-year purchase agreement includes 100 Archer TX single engine trainers, 50 multi-engine Seminoles, one Seneca and one Piper... 9 February 2018
Pictured (left to right): Captain Reinhard Kraxner, Managing Director of OEAMTC Air Rescue; Dr. Roman Sperl, CEO of Reiser Simulation and Training GmbH; and Marco Trefanitz, Managing Director of OEAMTC Having previously signed a Letter of Intent, OEAMTC Air Rescue has now placed an order an Avionic Desktop Trainer... 9 February 2018
The JORAMCO Academy has signed a cooperation agreement with the Regional Training Center of the Arab Air Carriers’ organization (AACO-RTC) under which both parties will offer joint courses on aviation maintenance training for engineers and technicians at the AACO-RTC facility in Amman, Jordan. The AACO-RTC was established in 1996... 9 February 2018
Jazz Aviation LP (Jazz) has welcomed Caledon, Ontario-based Brampton Flight Centre to its Jazz Aviation Pathways Program (Jazz APP), bringing the number of educational institutions involved to 13. The Jazz APP was created in 2007 to create a streamlined career path for the pilot profession in Canada by offering... 8 February 2018
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) has partnered with Singapore Airlines (SIA) to provide a one-of-a-kind joint-campus, two-continent degree programme in flight training to its Embry-Riddle Asia campus students with secure job opportunities upon completion. ERAU’s new Flight Minor will allow students to fulfill academic requirements for their Bachelor’s in Aeronautics... 8 February 2018
Pictured (left to right): Director General of the Rwanda Civil Aviation Authority (RCAA), Silas Udahemuka; and Kevin Shum, Director General of the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) has signed training agreements with the Civil Aviation Agency of the Republic of Macedonia... 8 February 2018
L3 Commercial Training Solutions (L3 CTS) has launched a new cadet pilot training programme with Jetstar Asia Airways designed to develop high-calibre students into professional pilots for the airline. The first course is planned to start in mid-2018, at which point successful applicants will undertake six months of ground... 7 February 2018
Pictured (left to right): Captain Adrian Jenkins, AirAsia’s Chief Operating Officer; and Nick Leontidis, CAE’s Group President, Civil Aviation Training Solutions. CAE has launched its CAE Rise training system, the first commercial offering as part of its ‘Next Generation Training System’ strategic initiative, with longstanding customer AirAsia. The company... 7 February 2018
Towards the end of last year, MRO service provider SR Technics and ZbW St. Gallen, a leading institution in dual vocational education and training (dVET), held a six-week advanced training programme for 15 Indonesian polytechnic instructors. The training marked the start of a major ‘lecturer retooling’ programme launched last... 7 February 2018
ICAO recently hosted the first NGAP Global Summit conference at its home in Montreal, Canada. Chris Long reports. 6 February 2018
The acknowledgement and acceptance of issues of mental health in the general population has, thankfully, recently become far less of a taboo subject. Whilst the extreme manifestation, in the form of suicide, only affects a small proportion, it nonetheless shows the tip of the iceberg of mental problems. That is... 6 February 2018
Pelesys Aviation Maintenance Training (Pelesys) has announced a cooperation agreement with Glennco Aviation Maintenance Training Company (Glennco) as the latter aims to improve the price point and efficiency of its training programmes as well as the knowledge retention of its students. Under the agreement, Pelesys is working with GlennCo... 5 February 2018
Regional aircraft manufacturer ATR has implemented the Fox training management platform from Britannica Knowledge Systems (Britannica). The Fox training management platform is now managing operations at ATR’s five training centres in Toulouse, Paris, Johannesburg, Singapore and Miami, which together see over 3,500 pilot, maintenance, flight operations and cabin crew... 5 February 2018
Vienna, Austria-based company Austro Control recently entered into a training service agreement with Flyco Training Solutions. Under the agreement, Austro Control will benefit from the use of Flyco’s Advanced Learning Management System (A-LMS) for its search and rescue pilots and other personnel. Flyco’s A-LMS offering includes an E-library consisting... 5 February 2018
Singapore has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to establish a new five-year programme which will provide 40 scholarships and 600 fellowships for young aviation professionals (aged 35 and below) from developing ICAO Member States to pursue aviation training and leadership development... 5 February 2018