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17 June 2025 Patrick Johnston Singapore Airlines Group will hire 300 former Jetstar Asia employees—100 pilots and 200 cabin crew—following the low-cost carrier's announcement that it will cease operations on July 31, 2025, creating one of the largest workforce transitions in recent Asia-Pacific aviation history and generating significant demand for simulation training services.
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CAE launched the 600XR Series flight training device (FTD), its latest addition to the XR Series training equipment suite, at the 2018 World Aviation Training Summitt (WATS). The 600XR Series is CAE’s latest generation of FTDs that provides the highest training fidelity in the fixed-based training market. It also sets... 17 April 2018
Multi Pilot Simulations (MPS) has entered an agreement with OSM Aviation Academy (OSMAA) at the 2018 World Aviation Training Summit (WATS) to build and install an MPS B737-800W flight training device (FTD) at OSMAA’s training Center in Vasteras, Sweden. MPS will also move the center’s current MPS B737 FNPT-II/MCC... 17 April 2018
Multi Pilot Simulations (MPS) was contracted to deliver a B737 MAX FTD for a new training center in the UK. MPS closely works with Boeing and Rockwell Collins on the development of its simulators and designed them so that current MPS B737 NG simulators can be field upgraded to a... 17 April 2018
The Beechcraft 1900D (B1900D) simulator developed by SIMCOM AVIATION TRAINING EUROPE has been certified to FTD2 and FNPT II MCC level by the French Civil Aviation Authority (DGAC). The certification is the result of a project designed to support European and African operators with the latest wide-angle and high-definition... 17 April 2018
BAA Training has established BAA Training Vietnam, which is to operate a training centre of four full flight simulators (FFSs) and become a full Ab Initio flight school by 2023 in response to the growing training needs of the region. Construction of the training centre is already underway, with... 17 April 2018
On 16 April, 12 students began studying at the newly established airBalticTraining Pilot Academy. The group will become airBaltic pilots upon completion of a full-time programme in approximately two years’ time. Martin Gauss, Chief Executive Officer of airBaltic, commented, “It is a historic day, not only for the students... 17 April 2018
On 24 April, the Royal Aeronautical Society hosts ‘Human Performance of Pilots – the Next 40 Years’ in partnership with the International Pilot Training Association (IPTA). The full conference programme can be viewed here. It is over 40 years since the birth of Human Performance (HP) and during that... 17 April 2018
Aerospace Executive Karen Hillyard has joined AeroGuard Flight Training Center (AeroGuard) to lead its international business development initiatives. Hillyard comes to the company having held senior business development and marketing roles for companies such as Boeing, Raytheon, Panasonic Avionics and L3 Technologies. She holds a BA in Psychology from... 17 April 2018
In response to customer demand, Avsoft has developed a course for pilots exploring the important concepts, definitions, limitations, components and procedures related to the Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System (EGPWS). Topics discussed on the course include the history of GPWS and EGPWS, TAWS specifications, the EGPWS database, basic functions... 17 April 2018
Boeing expanded its order with TRU Simulation + Training for four 737 MAX full flight simulators to five and Airbus ordered an A350 full flight training suite for an Airbus Training Center in Asia. The new Boeing 737 MAX FFS order will become the first one for Icelandair and is... 17 April 2018
TAG Aviation Asia has opened a new training centre in Hong Kong, becoming the first corporate management company in the Asia Pacific region to offer training services that include a physical Airbus A320 over-wing exit door trainer. The trainer was built by EDM to airline specifications and TAG Aviation... 16 April 2018
Following an initial order for 100 Archer TXs from Piper Aircraft in April 2013 – which is due to be fulfilled by October 2018 – ATP Flight School has announced the signing of a second 100 Archer TX order. The second order for 100 Archer TXs will bring ATP... 16 April 2018
Paul Cummings has joined Orlando-based ECS as Vice President of Innovation and Technology, bringing with him 20 years’ experience in computational analytics, training and simulation, data sciences and learning-based research. As a technical lead and researcher, Cummings developed key projects for the Army Research Laboratory, U.S. Navy Bremerton, U.S. 16 April 2018
KLM UK Engineering has signed a long-term partnership with Vision Concept Aviation Training Institute (VCATI) for the provision of EASA Part 147 exams supported by KLM UK Engineering’s Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) software. Under the agreement, KLM UK Engineering will support VCATI’s Diploma in Aircraft Maintenance Engineering and Advanced... 16 April 2018
Ahead of the Student Education and Careers in Aviation (SECA) event taking place at WATS in Orlando this year, Savannah Folan, Financial Aid Administrator at L3 Commercial Training Solutions (L3 CTS), walks us through the ways in which the company can help students finance their studies. Widening access to... 10 April 2018
Building upon one-G Access, its pay-per-use flight simulator programme, one-G simulation has now set up the one-G Youth Access program with the donation of an FAA approved flight training device to East Valley Institute of Technology (EVIT), a career and college prep school. The donated device is an FAA-approved... 10 April 2018
The International Flight Training Center of Turkey (IFTC) has chosen to upgrade its five Level D full flight simulators (FFS) with Simthetiq’s X2 Visual System, which is powered by the aXion image generator. The upgrades will take place during the summer of 2018. Simthetiq’s X2 Visual System has now... 10 April 2018
UFA, Inc. (UFA) has been selected by Leidos Innovations Corporation to deliver its ATTower tower simulator to support testing, training, prototyping, and development of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Terminal Flight Data Manager (TFDM) system. TFDM is the FAA programme to modernise air traffic control tower equipment at 89... 10 April 2018
Pictured (left to right): Ian Bell, CAE's Vice President and General Manager, Middle East/Asia-Pacific; and Dr. Dhafir Awadh Al Shanfari, Chief Executive Officer of the Omani Authority for Partnership for Development CAE has signed a service level agreement (SLA) with the Omani Authority for Partnership for Development (OAPFD) to... 10 April 2018
The new Epic Prime ‘Visuals as a Service’ programme from RSi Visuals allows customers to pay a monthly fee for full use of a Level D Epic Visual System, providing all the benefits of ownership without the risks or responsibilities. Under Epic Prime, RSi says it will provide delivery,... 10 April 2018