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151 new young people have just started either traditional or dual-study training programs with the Lufthansa Technik Group, meaning the company is now home to 569 young people on their way to professions in technical aircraft services or aircraft logistics. Of the 151, 76 of the new trainees are... 5 September 2017
Global management consultancy Oliver Wyman has acquired UK-based AVISA Aviation Safety Systems, signalling the expansion of its technical consulting and services division, CAVOK, into Europe. AVISA Aviation Safety Systems is a leading technical consultancy that also provides airworthiness management support and training for major international airlines as well as... 4 September 2017
Greater Manchester Mayor, Andy Burnham, formally opens a new £1.3m 20,000 square feet facility for EDM next to the company’s Managing Director, Tony Bermingham, and the rest of EDM’s Directors. EDM welcomed the Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, to officially open its new £1.3m manufacturing facility at the UK... 4 September 2017
High school students participating in the Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) will have the chance to earn college credit thanks to a new partnership with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Gaetz Aerospace Institute. The Gaetz Aerospace Institute – a science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) dual-enrolment education program... 2 September 2017
Multi Pilot Simulations (MPS) has finalised the development of its Generic Jet Training Device (GenJet), an affordable fixed base simulator for flight training organisations. MPS says the GenJet device is ideal for selection, APS, MCC, JOC, MPL2 and IFR training, with a design loosely based on the functionality of... 2 September 2017
FlyRight, an FAA-approved Part-142 Pilot Training Center based in Charlotte, North Carolina, has added Bombardier Dash-8 training to its growing list of training programs. Following successful Level C qualification of its CAE-built Dash-8 100/300 simulator and instructor qualification from the FAA, FlyRight has begun offering initial/type, recurrent, upgrade and... 1 September 2017
BAA Training estimates that more than 650 future pilots will have enrolled on its Ab Initio programmes by the end of 2021. This year, the number of students at BAA Training has increased sharply – those enrolling on Ab Initio programmes has almost doubled compared to 2016. The company... 1 September 2017
CAE announced at Halldale Media’s 2017 Asia Pacific Airline Training Symposium (APATS) event in Singapore that it has expanded its agreement with Air Niugini to support the airline's Fokker F100 pilot training needs in the region. Pilots began training in the second half of 2017 and CAE instructors are... 31 August 2017
With the recent announcement of A-Level results in the UK, the British Airline Pilots’ Association (BALPA) is calling for the airline industry to ensure pilot selection is open to all and that those from less advantaged backgrounds are not put off. The association is arguing that training costs of... 31 August 2017
Envoy Air has officially welcomed Tulsa, Oklahoma-based Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology to the Envoy Cadet Program. “We created the Cadet Program to ensure we continue to recruit quality pilots to position Envoy for success,” said Natalie Nielsen, Envoy Air’s Director of Pilot Recruitment. “We’re pleased to welcome... 31 August 2017
FlightSafety International has received orders for full flight simulators from Aeroméxico Connect, S7 Airlines of Russia and SF Airlines of China. Aeroméxico Connect is to receive its second Embraer E190 FFS during the second quarter of 2018 at the Aeroméxico Training Center in Mexico City. “We are pleased that... 31 August 2017
L3 Commercial Training Solutions’ Airline Academy (L3 Airline Academy) is working with airline partner British Airways to offer its cadets the opportunity to be pre-selected for a British Airways First Officer position while still completing their airline pilot career program. The opportunity is currently exclusive to L3 Airline Academy’s... 31 August 2017
At Halldale Media Group’s 2017 Asia Pacific Airline Training Symposium (APATS) event, CAE announced it is expanding its training footprint in South East Asia through a collaboration with Jakarta Aviation Training Centre (JATC). Under this collaboration, CAE will deploy its first-ever owned full-flight simulator in Indonesia (an Airbus A320... 29 August 2017
easyJet has extended its Amy Johnson initiative by setting itself the target of filling half of the 14 places in its 2017 Aeronautical Engineering Apprenticeship intake with women. The apprenticeship programme is in partnership with Resource Group and its Aviation Maintenance Training Division, with successful candidates due to commence... 29 August 2017
Bosch Rexroth has signed an agreement with KLM to supply the motion platform solution for one of its new Cabin Emergency Evacuation Trainers (CEETs), which is being manufactured by EDM. Rexroth’s motion platform will be used to simulate flying conditions in a Boeing 777 aircraft cabin, with the CEET... 29 August 2017
Rostock System-Technik GmbH (RST) has been selected by Malaysia Airlines Berhad to manufacture and deliver Airbus A350 and Boeing 737 door trainers to support emergency and crew procedure training at the Malaysia Airlines Training Centre in Kuala Lumpur. Both training devices will be installed by RST and commissioned together... 29 August 2017
Groundschool London, a brand new flying training academy, has opened in south-west London to offer future pilots the opportunity to learn the foundation skills required to pursue a career in aviation. The 20-hour Future Pilots course is designed to equip senior school students (aged 15 and upwards) with the... 29 August 2017
The Airbus Foundation, together with its partners The Little Engineer, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore and the Singapore Space and Technology Association, has conducted two further workshops as part of the Airbus Little Engineer programme in Singapore. The first four-hour workshop, which was organised with the Civil Aviation... 29 August 2017
BAA Training has received renewed approval from the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency (Rostaviatsia) for Boeing 737 CL initial, recurrent and renewal training. The approval also grants use of BAA Training’s own Boeing 737 CL full flight simulator for providing training to Russian airline operators. It is estimated that... 29 August 2017
AXIS Flight Training Systems is to deliver a new ATR 72-600 Level D full-flight simulator (FFS) to FSTC's facilities in Delhi during the first half of 2018. As part of the deal, AXIS’ second with FSTC, the company will also deliver a number of complementary lower-level training devices to... 29 August 2017