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Based in New Zealand, the Massey University School of Aviation was established in 1990 and soon after commenced delivering the Bachelor of Aviation- Air Transport Pilot (B.Av) degree. The School is now accepting applications for July 2017 and January 2018 intake. The School offers academic programmes in aviation management, doctoral... 12 April 2017
Pelesys has announced that Iceland-based WOW air has chosen to use Pelesys' A320 and A330 type training courses and full library of over 30 aviation Special Operations Courses as part of their pilot training program. Pelesys' A320 and A330 courseware features high quality graphics and interactive learning designed for flight... 12 April 2017
TRU Simulation + Training has completed the interim Level C qualification of the first Boeing 737 MAX full flight simulator (FFS) at the Boeing Training Campus in Miami, Florida. The qualification of the FFS, certified on February 16, 2017, by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), comes as Boeing announces that... 12 April 2017
Flyco Group has entered into a long-term agreement with Klasjet, expanding their presence in Lithuania. Flyco will be providing courseware to cover the training requirements of their pilots, cabin crew, technicians and dispatchers. Also, as part of the agreement, Flyco will be creating additional courseware from the ground up, to... 12 April 2017
Airline Pilot Training (ATP) launches in Stratford upon Avon, UK, on Friday 16th June 2017. Hosted by Kura, a Community Interest Company, APT, as a free event, is open to anyone who is considering a career as a commercial airline pilot or has already embarked on training. The aim is... 6 April 2017
EASA Certification Director Trevor Woods has presented EASA's re-written CS-23 certification rules for small aircraft at AERO, pointing out that the "EASA CS-23 are new, smart and flexible rules, prepared with and for a safe innovative GA industry." The reorganised CS-23 remove design limitations for manufacturers and thus open the... 5 April 2017
Axis Flight Training Systems GmbH has been appointed by Aviation Academy Austria (AAA) to build an ATR72-600, the latest addition to their fleet of simulators in Neusiedl am See (near Vienna Airport). Axis Flight Training Systems GmbH has previously built and installed three ATR 72-500, Fokker 100 and three Citation... 5 April 2017
ALSIM has announced the sale of its latest simulator, the AL250, to Emirates Aviation Services, a flight training school in the United Arab Emirates. It will the the first one of its kind in the UAE. The EASA and FAA qualified AL250 simulator was developed by ALSIM in 2016 in... 4 April 2017
Frasca International, Inc. has delivered a Cessna 510 Citation Mustang flight simulator to DV Training at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport, France. The new simulation center was established by Oyonnair, a leading French business aviation charter company, to train its own Mustang pilots as well as pilots flying elsewhere in Europe,... 4 April 2017
Thai Airways International (THAI) has selected Pelesys to provide a library of Special Operations courseware for their flight operations training, including Pelesys' newest releases, Upset Recovery Training and Dangerous Goods. Each course selected by THAI will be modified to meet the airlines' operational procedures and regulatory requirements for use in... 4 April 2017
The airlines in the Lufthansa Group - Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines, SWISS, Lufthansa CityLine, Brussels Airlines, Eurowings, Lufthansa Cargo and SunExpress Deutschland - have awarded the bid for an EBT solution to prodefis. The airlines have selected PRODEFIS TPMS, the Training and Performance Monitoring System, an all-in-one IT solution for EBT. 4 April 2017
From 2016-2035, Latin America will require 2,570 new passenger and freighter aircraft, including 2,030 single-aisle and 540 widebody, worth an estimated US$350 billion. According to the most recent Airbus Global Market Forecast, Latin America's passenger and freighter fleet will surpass 3,000 in the next 20 years, more than double the... 4 April 2017
entrol has sold its first HO3/EC-120 FNPT II simulator to Helang Flying Academy in Malaysia. The simulator replicates in detail the EC-120 helicopter, equipped with SAGEM avionics, a cylindrical visual of 180° x 40° and satellite imagery from Malaysia. It will be the first simulator of this kind ever installed... 4 April 2017
Multi Pilot Simulations (MPS) has acquired the rights to provide EPST (European Pilot Selection and Training) courseware to the users of its simulators. Under a perpetual License Agreement, MPS can now offer Multi Crew Cooperation (MCC), Jet Orientation Course (JOC) and Type Rating both on the B737 and the A320... 4 April 2017
Aviation e-training specialist Flyco Group has grown its foothold in the Maltese market, announcing two new training agreements with local operators. Flyco Group has announced that AirX and Luxwing are the two carriers to join the growing Flyco family with recently signed long-term agreements. Flyco will be providing courseware to... 30 March 2017
VENYO's first commercial product installed at SIM Aviation Group in Paris CDG has been officially certified as FTD Level 2, according to the latest CS-FSTD(A) standard of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). Since 2008, VENYO has been working on a FSTD prototype (B737NG) which was launched at the Paris... 30 March 2017
Digital aviation publishers, Padpilot, have launched the first in a series of new interactive learning apps for ATPL ground school students. Each hands-on learning app (or 'Learning Core') is designed to teach one element of the more visual aspects of the Airline Transport Pilot Licence theoretical knowledge syllabus, and features... 30 March 2017
Learning Technologies Group plc (LTG), the integrated elearning services and technologies provider, has successfully completed the acquisition of NetDimensions, an integrated enterprise talent management software platform provider, for £53.6 million. This deal enhances the Group's capability, introducing proprietary learning management technology to LTG's portfolio of specialist digital learning businesses. The... 30 March 2017
MINT Software Systems has announced a service agreement with the Swiss-based Edelweiss Air AG for the delivery of the MINT Training and Resource Management System (MINT TRMS) to support its in-house training services. The agreement signed between the Swiss based airline and the German software provider includes the delivery of... 30 March 2017
Two new single-seat piston helicopter trainer models TH22S and TH22SM from ELITE Simulation Solutions have recently been FAA approved as Advanced Aviation Training Devices (AATD). ELITE's new trainer is specifically designed to include hover and hovering maneuvers training, full touch-down autorotation training, training for slope landings and running landings. The... 30 March 2017