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South Africa's Comair has acquired EPT Aviation Training as part of an ongoing diversification of its non-airline operations. Captain Glen Warden, Head of Comair’s Training Facilities, explained, “The new acquisition is an exciting development in line with Comair’s ongoing expansion of our non-airline facilities to mitigate against the weak... 15 December 2017
Brisbane, Australia-based Southern Pacific Flight Training has become a new customer of AXIS Flight Training Systems after ordering an ATR 72-600 full flight simulator (FFS). The simulator, which will be certified to CASA and EASA Level D FFS standards and feature ATR’s New Avionic Suite standards 2.1 and 3... 15 December 2017
Phase Two of the UPS/Ameriflight Gateway Programme, which allows current and future Ameriflight pilots to pursue a path to potential employment with UPS Airlines, has been agreed. Programme participants will need to have achieved the required personal and professional development benchmarks and completed the UPS mentoring programme. Successful completion... 15 December 2017
Pictured: Attendees from the latest aircraft accident investigation course at Cranfield University visit a Boeing 737 donated to the institution by Boeing Cranfield University recently marked the 40th anniversary of its aircraft accident investigation course, which was first run in conjunction with the Air Accidents Investigation Branch with a... 14 December 2017
Avsoft is pleased to announce the release of its Upset Recovery (UPRT) Course for pilots. Based on customer demand, Avsoft has developed a course that explores the important concepts, definitions, limitations, components and procedures related to Upset Prevention and Recovery Training (UPRT). This course covers both jet and turboprop... 14 December 2017
A new solution from CEFA Aviation, CEFA Aviation Mobile Services (AMS), delivers feedback to aircrews right after landing using a tablet with a secure internet connection to depict selected flight segments. CEFA AMS converts wireless Flight Data Recorder (FDR) data into a realistic animation in less than 10 minutes... 13 December 2017
Four students have just graduated from a three-day flight attendant training course held by Aerostar Training Services at the company’s Kissimmee Airport headquarters in Florida. During their training, the students covered topics including FAA regulations, aircraft terminology, the phonetic alphabet, military time, airport codes, weather and turbulence, flight attendant... 13 December 2017
Norway’s Pilot Flight Academy (PFA) has received 50 applications for its sponsored flight instructor programme during the two first weeks since its launch. Successful candidates will partake in a fully-sponsored EASA flight instructor course including ground school, 30 flight hours, an assessment flight and the licence issuing cost. On... 13 December 2017
FlightSafety International’s FS1000 full flight simulator (FFS) for the Pilatus PC-24 has received interim Level C qualification from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Training on the FFS – which is equipped with FlightSafety’s VITAL 1100 visual system, electric motion and control loading and new Instructor Operating Station –... 12 December 2017
airBaltic is now accepting applications for its newly established Pilot Academy at airBalticTraining. 20 successful candidates will become the first class of students on airBaltic Training’s professional airline pilot training programme and can look forward to emerging as pilots for the carrier in approximately two years’ time. Martin Gauss,... 12 December 2017
The Australian Airline Pilot Academy (AAPA), a wholly owned subsidiary of Regional Express (Rex), is commemorating its 10-year anniversary with a special ceremony coinciding with the graduation of Rex cadet pilots and a Vietnamese cadet destined for Vietnam Airlines. The cadet pilots have completed an intensive training programme beginning... 12 December 2017
Athens-based Global Aviation SA is to provide pilot training for students from Indonesia’s Perkasa Flight School in Greece. Perkasa Flight School’s CEO, Septo Adjie Sudiro, and Global Aviation SA’s Managing Director, Alexandros Tsaktanis, signed the agreement at the latter’s new headquarters in Athens. The two companies also visited Pachi... 11 December 2017
Miami, Florida-based Alliance Aviation, Inc. has been appointed as both the sponsor and operator of a new ATR 72-600 Level D simulator purchased from Axis Flight Training Systems by Simulator Ventures LLC. The new simulator will be housed in Alliance’s satellite facility at Sanford Airport in Florida, making the... 11 December 2017
Andrew Naismith has been announced as the new Managing Director of CAE UK plc, in which he’ll have overall responsibility for CAE's Defence & Security business in the United Kingdom. Naismith has served as Managing Director of CAE Aircrew Training Services, which manages CAE's Medium Support Helicopter Aircrew Training... 11 December 2017
Following the divestment of its Resource-branded aviation recruitment and EASA part 147 training businesses, Resource Group has been renamed and re-branded as Blakebrook. The businesses not divested by Blakebrook will continue to operate across the aviation and aerospace markets under new, individual brands that reflect their specific service offerings. 8 December 2017
CAE has sold two Boeing 737 full-flight simulators (FFSs) to South Korean low-cost carrier JEJUair. The CAE 7000XR Series simulators, which will be equipped with the CAE Tropos 6000XR visual system, will be delivered to the CAE Korea training centre (CAE Flight and Simulator Services Korea Ltd.), where they... 8 December 2017
Since May 2017, Pelesys has been acting as the exclusive global representative for Virtual eTraining’s 360˚ virtual development platform, Taggis.com. Virtual eTraining describes Taggis as a cloud-based authoring platform that enables companies and e-learning providers without any prior programming skills to easily create interactive 360° virtual training environments populated... 6 December 2017
ATR has received certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for the new 72-600 full flight simulator (FFS) based at its Paris training centre. The FFS, manufactured by TRU Simulation + Training, is now located close to Charles de Gaulle airport. With ATR operators expected to need around... 6 December 2017
ACS Flight Training students can now complete EASA-approved Multi Crew Co-operation (MCC) and Jet Orientation Course (JOC) combined courses with Simtech Aviation. The additional training is available to ACS students after they graduate from either a Fast Track ATPL modular course or CPL and Multi Engine Instrument Rating courses. 5 December 2017
Pictured: Students at Cape Cod Community College make use of the virtual paint booth at its Plymouth Regional Airport facility Under a new special articulation agreement, Cape Cod Community College (CCCC) will allow students from Bristol Community College (BCC) to enter its aviation maintenance technology (AMT) programme. The agreement... 5 December 2017