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Bangkok Aviation Center (BAC) has signed two separate Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) regarding new training programs. The first, between BAC, Rajamangala University of Technology Krungthep (UTK) and Thai AirAsia is for an Aircraft Mechanic program. The MOU was signed on 3rd July 2017 at Intercontinental Hotel Bangkok by UKT’s... 4 July 2017
Resource Group’s Aviation and Aerospace Resourcing business – including Contractair Ltd – and its Aviation Technical Training business have been acquired by Resource International Group Investments AG after a successful management buyout (MBO). The MBO team was led by Stephan Hickman, who has 19 years of experience running various... 4 July 2017
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has published an Opinion proposing amendments to the training requirements for initial pilot licensing to prevent loss of control in flight (LOC-I) situations. The Opinion proposes to integrate upset prevention and recovery training (UPRT) requirements and provisions into the EU pilot training regulatory... 4 July 2017
A major national carrier has awarded Spatial with the contract for an Airbus A320/A321 cabin emergency evacuation trainer (CEET), which will become one of the first cabin trainers to feature Airbus’ redesigned semi-automatic OWE. The device, which will be built at Spatial’s facility in the UAE and shipped to... 3 July 2017
From 3rd July 2017, the DFS Academy in Germany will train six tower controllers for the British market, who will become the first to directly receive their air traffic controller licence from the UK supervisory authority following training undertaken in a foreign country. DFS is conducting the training of... 29 June 2017
EDM has produced an infographic about the cabin crew sector using information from leading industry sources, which estimate that between 2016 and 2035, the aviation industry will see the need for 814,000 new cabin crew. The company visulaises Boeing's prediction that the biggest demand in the Asia Pacific region,... 29 June 2017
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (KLM) has extended its partnership with Quintiq, a Dassault Systèmes brand, to optimise its flight simulator capacity. KLM’s has eight Amsterdam-based simulators dedicated to the ground training of pilots and other crew, which can accommodate approximately 15,000 training sessions each year. To minimise idle time,... 29 June 2017
Virtual Aviation (VA) has purchased a new B737-800 fixed based simulator from Multi Pilot Simulations (MPS), which is due to be installed at VA’s Cambridge Airport, UK-based Flight Training Centre in November this year. The agreement between the two companies also includes an option for VA to buy a... 29 June 2017
Spanish airline Iberia and the Education, Youth and Sport Bureau of the Madrid Regional Government are developing a two-year vocational training degree specialising in the maintenance of aircraft and aircraft engines. The Advanced Vocational Training degree in Aeromechanical Maintenance will be taught at two Vocational Training Secondary Schools in... 29 June 2017
Ohio, US-based regional airline CommutAir has signed an agreement with MINT Software Systems regarding the implementation of its full MINT TRMS Premium Edition. CommutAir, which flies on within the regional network of United Airlines, will use MINT’s TRMS to manage its flight crew qualifications and all related ground and... 29 June 2017
Flyco Group has signed a long-term agreement with Trade Air, a passenger and cargo charter airline headquartered in Zagreb and based at Zagreb Airport in Croatia. The agreement will see Trade Air’s training department gain full access to Flyco's courses for pilots, cabin crew, technicians, dispatchers, handling and ground... 29 June 2017
Fiji Airways has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with CAE in Suva confirming the acquisition of a Boeing 737 MAX aircraft full flight simulator (FFS) for its new Fiji Aviation Academy, plans for which were announced by the Government in the 2016 National Budget. The FFS will enable... 28 June 2017
Members of Duncan Aviation’s line service team based in Battle Creek and Kalamazoo, Michigan, and Lincoln, Nebraska, recently completed Gulfstream Ground Handling & Servicing Training with FlightSafety International. The training they received covered aircraft parking, fuelling, towing and mooring, water servicing, lavatory servicing, window cleaning and snow and ice... 28 June 2017
Ameriflight and UPS Airlines have come together to launch the UPS/Ameriflight Gateway Program, creating new opportunities for both companies' flight crew personnel. The collaboration will offer outlined paths under which participants in UPS Airlines’ Intern Program can gain Part 135 flying experience at Ameriflight and accumulate the flight experience... 28 June 2017
TRU Simulation + Training (TRU) has received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for its Cessna Citation CJ4 (CE-525C) Online Ground School pilot training course. The course will provide customers with a flexible distance-learning option to complete the required aircraft systems portion of ground school during recurrent training. 27 June 2017
Avsoft has been awarded a contract from Air Inuit: Hydro-Quebec Division, an operator based in Montreal, Canada, to provide eLearning and LMS services for its Dash 8 Q300 and Dash 8 Q400 aircraft systems courses. The courses are in use for Type and Recurrent training at their Pilot Training... 27 June 2017
Students from the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences dominated at the Merlin Flight Simulation Group’s annual IT FLIES aircraft design and handling competition. Held at the UK's University of Manchester on 8th June 2017, the competition saw entries from both individuals and teams at universities across Britain, the Netherlands... 27 June 2017
Cirrus Aviation purchased an AL250 simulator from Alsim during the Paris Airshow, marking the first time the type has been sold to a client in the US. David Cattin, owner of Cirrus Aviation, confirmed, “We selected Alsim after a test flight at Le Bourget in January this year.” “This... 26 June 2017
The American Airlines Education Foundation has awarded US$801,000 in scholarships to 300 children of its employees, an increase of 5% compared to 2016. The foundation received more than 1,600 applications as a part of the competitive process, consisting of high school seniors and college undergraduate students. Each successful applicant... 26 June 2017
Under a new multi-year contract, UFA, Inc. (UFA) is to provide Skyguide (Swiss Air Navigation Services Ltd), with its suite of air traffic control training solutions including ATCoach, ATTower, ATVoice and ATSpeak. UFA’s solutions will replace Skyguide’s legacy simulators as the latter aims to reduce its operating costs and... 26 June 2017