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West Star Aviation has teamed up with Colorado, US-based Careerwise to establish a long-term apprenticeship programme which will begin in August 2018. As part of Colorado’s state-wide Careerwise initiative aiming to address the lack of competencies needed for skilled trade positions, West Star Aviation has agreed to employ a... 9 November 2017
(Left to right): Massey University School of Aviation’s Chief Executive, Ashok Poduval; and Palmerston North Airport Limited’s Chief Executive, David Lanham Palmerston North Airport Limited has begun construction of a state-of-the-art training facility for Massey University School of Aviation, which will bring the school’s students and staff members together... 9 November 2017
(Left to right): Meshesha Belayneh, Deputy Director of ICAO’s Technical Cooperation Bureau and Chief of its Global Aviation Training Office; Dr. Fang Liu, ICAO's Secretary General; President of the University of Waterloo, Dr. Feridun Hamdullahpur; and Dr. Jean Andrey, the Dean of the school’s Faculty of Environment The Secretary... 9 November 2017
MPS has developed an affordable Generic Jet Training Device (GenJet) for FTO's and ATO's. This GenJet is now offered for an hourly rate of €59 which enables even smaller schools to use an advanced fixed base jet simulator from MPS. The company offers simulation as a service, including the installation,... 8 November 2017
(Left to right): Steve Hall, Director of Regulatory Affairs, FlightSafety International; and Steve Fedynyszyn, Director of Quality, Safety and Standards, FLightSafety International FlightSafety International has promoted Steve Hall to Director, Regulatory Affairs and Steve Fedynyszyn to Director of Quality, Safety and Standards. In his new role, Hall has overall... 8 November 2017
Seneca College School of Aviation (Seneca), which is located at Peterborough Airport in Toronto, Canada, is to deploy a new Baron G58 Level 5 flight training device (FTD) from Frasca International. The FTD will include Garmin G1000Nxi avionics, Frasca's Simplicity Instructor Operator Station (IOS), Frasca's TruVision visual system with... 8 November 2017
On 14-15 November 2017, the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics are jointly hosting a conference entitled ‘Modelling and Simulation in Air Traffic Management’ at RAeS’ iconic London headquarters, No.4 Hamilton Place. The conference will review modelling and simulation solutions and the challenges... 7 November 2017
AVION Simulators’ new AVION Phantom 320 full flight simulator (FFS) has been qualified by EASA for Level D operations. The AVION Phantom 320 is a sensational new simulator,” declared Bart Slager, CEO of the AVION Group. “It is very cost effective, it offers the latest visual systems and a... 7 November 2017
Alsim has sold an AL250 simulator to Chennai, India-based Orient Flight School, which will be installed at its Orient Flights Aviation Academy facility this autumn. Following a Memorandum of Understanding earlier this year, Orient Flight School is now Alsim’s official Indian Demo Center, showcasing the company’s product range at... 6 November 2017
During Halldale Media’s 2017 European Airline Training Symposium (EATS) event in Berlin, SIMORG launched ‘eXperience as a Service’ (eXaaS), a new end-to-end software solution aimed at integrating and managing all departments within a simulator training centre. The concept was borne out of the company’s ten years of experience in... 3 November 2017
Airline pilot training specialists Sky Training Aviation (STA) have purchased an A11 / B200GT FNPT II MCC from entrol. The simulator will be installed in Boumerdès, a seaside city located about 50 km from Algiers. This contract marks the sale of entrol’s first simulator to a customer in Algeria. 3 November 2017
EDM has successfully completed a Critical Design Review (CDR) with China Eastern Airlines for the build of two Boeing 787 Dreamliner door trainers. After announcing its contract win with China Eastern Airlines earlier this year, a team from the carrier visited EDM in October to conduct a detailed technical... 3 November 2017
CAE has secured new contracts with European airlines including Brussels Airlines and Stobart Air as it continues to expand its footprint in Europe. As part of a five-year agreement signed in 2016, Ireland-based regional airline Stobart Air will now begin training pilots on CAE’s newly-inaugurated ATR 72-600 full-flight simulator... 1 November 2017
CAE has signed an exclusive long-term Airbus A350 pilot training contract with Iberia Airlines. Under the agreement, Iberia pilots will receive Airbus A350 training at CAE's training centre in Madrid from the second half of 2018. The airline’s pilots and cabin crew have been training on Airbus A320, A330... 1 November 2017
Graduates of the Airline Pilot career programme run by L3 Commercial Training Solutions (L3 CTS) have been selected to launch their career with Wizz Air. Having successfully gained an Integrated Airline Transport Pilot License (ATPL), the chosen graduates will now complete Wizz’s Airbus A320 type rating training at the... 1 November 2017
TRU Simulation + Training has signed a contract to provide Australia’s flag carrier Qantas Airways with a Boeing 737NG full flight simulator (FFS). This order marks the first time TRU will provide Qantas with a simulator. “Once again, TRU has been recognised for its valuable, first-hand experience on the... 1 November 2017
Left to right: Declan Dooney, CEO of Simtech Aviation; and Dick Verburg, CEO of MPS. Multi Pilot Simulations (MPS) is to build and install an MPS B737-800W flight training device (FTD) at Simtech Aviation’s training centre in Dublin, Ireland. The simulator will be used by Simtech Aviation for MCC/JOC... 1 November 2017
CPaT Global has been selected by EgyptAir to provide tailored Distance Learning Solutions for the pilot training needs of EgyptAir and EgyptAir Express as well as its cargo carrier and training academy. The airline will employ CPaT’s Learning Management System (LMS) to provide classroom and mobile training for its... 1 November 2017
(From left to right): Ergin Erdin, Flyco Group’s CEO; Ahmet Ozkan, Training Manager of Corendon Airlines; and Roger Coleman, Director of Training & Standards at Flyco Group The Flyco Group’s consulting development team is working with Corendon Airlines’ training department to create and deploy an Evidence-Based Training (EBT) programme. 1 November 2017
BAA Training is to acquire two Airbus A320 full flight simulators (FFS) and one Boeing 737NG FFS from CAE. The first A320 simulator will be deployed in Vilnius, Lithuania in July 2018 before the 737NG simulator starts operations there in October 2018. The second A320 FFS will be housed... 31 October 2017