Civil Aviation
13 January 2025 Penny McGrigor The aviation training industry stands at the forefront of innovation, however, alongside these opportunities come significant challenges that must be carefully managed to ensure long-term success.
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Pan Am International Flight Academy has been approved by the FAA to conduct the Airline Transport Pilot Certification Training Program (ATP-CTP), a new training requirement for pilots wishing to qualify for the FAA Airline Transport Pilot exam. Increased safety was the number one goal in the FAA changes made which... 21 September 2015
FlightSafety International and West Virginia University Institute of Technology (WVU Tech) have announced an exclusive aviation management degree program partnership which will enable students to receive college credit from West Virginia University Institute of Technology for courses completed at FlightSafety Academy. In addition, WVU Tech and FlightSafety Academy will develop... 21 September 2015
FlightSafety International has selected Aeroglobo to provide Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) engine training in Brazil. The training will be offered at Aeroglobo’s facility in Botucatu, Brazil for P&WC PT6T, PT6A, PT6 B, PW100-Series, PW200-Series and PW500 engines. The Aeroglobo facility will be equipped with P&WC training engines and FlightSafety’s... 21 September 2015
CTC Aviation has added a further Level D full flight simulator to its fleet. The device has been installed at the company's Crew Training Centre - London Gatwick, and it is certified to Level D from the UK CAA. The B737-800W FFS, the highest specification RealitySeven™ model manufactured by L-3... 21 September 2015
Barcelona-based Vueling has chosen FTEJerez as one of their partner pilot training academies to provide graduate pilots for Vueling's Flight Student Programme (FSP). FTEJerez graduate pilots will be pre-selected and then presented to Vueling for final selection as "Flight Students" (similar to 2nd officers). Successful candidates will be given a... 21 September 2015
Vietnam's air traffic controllers will be selected and trained by the internationally established arm of Airways New Zealand, thanks to an agreement recently signed in Hanoi. Graduates of the six-month programme will be employed by the Vietnam Air Traffic Management (VATM) Corporation which manages the country's air traffic from Ho... 21 September 2015
Pelesys has signed a long-term service agreement with Himalaya Airlines, a start-up scheduled and charter airline based in Nepal, to provide its training management and deployment platform. Deployed as a Software as a Service (SaaS) solution, Himalaya Airlines will utilize the Pelesys Training Management and Deployment System (TMDS) across the... 21 September 2015
Dubé & Co, a Montréal-based management consulting and private equity firm, has announced the launch of AvTraining, a consulting and service business which provides aviation technical training solutions and training centre operation consulting services. Francis Clavette has been appointed to lead business development for AvTraining. For aircraft Maintenance, Repair &... 21 September 2015
Ryanair and MPS have entered into definitive agreements for the delivery of three MPS B737-NG FTD1 fixed base simulators. In addition, parties have agreed on the option to deliver a substantial number of simulators over the next 10 years as part of Ryanair's overall pilot training program. The first device... 21 September 2015
PHI, Inc. has purchased Britannica Knowledge Systems' commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) software platform, the Fox Training Management System. Fox was chosen to enhance PHI's training operation in support of its core values: safety, quality, efficiency and customer service. The scope of Britannica's project for PHI encompasses system design, configuration, training, maintenance and... 21 September 2015
CAE has announced a series of training solution contracts with airlines and aircraft manufacturers valued at more than C$245 million. The contracts include a Multi-Crew Pilot Licence (MPL) First Officer Program extension with Japan Airlines for the training of 100 more cadets. An exclusive five-year contract with Aurora Airlines for... 21 September 2015
Cubic Global Defense has been selected by Emirates Airlines to develop virtual, immersive, game-based aviation training for the airline's cabin crew. Emirates is the first commercial airline in the industry to utilize game-based instruction, which incorporates high-fidelity visuals with engaging, synthetic environment technologies. 3D classroom stations with touchscreen interaction are... 21 September 2015
Epic Flight Academy, based in Florida, has taken delivery of two Frasca flight training devices. The FTDs include a TruFlite™ PA44 Seminole and upgrades to their TruFlite™ Cessna 172 FTD. Frasca has also received an order for two Cessna 172S Level 5 flight training devices from China-based Shandong Hairuio General... 21 September 2015
Lufthansa pilots can now train on a new B777-300ER simulator, provided by Lockheed Martin Commercial Flight Training (LMCFT), under a contract with Lufthansa Flight Training. The Level D-certified full flight simulator was qualified by the German Luftfahrt-Bundesamt to European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) standards and is now ready for training. 21 September 2015
The careers of six pilots are about to go sky-high after they joined the ranks of Loganair's flight crew division from Tayside Aviation. Each graduate has been recruited by Loganair through the airline's partnership with the Dundee Airport-based Tayside Aviation. This latest intake from the partnership will see the recruits... 21 September 2015
Cathay Pacific has awarded EDM a major contract to provide a broad range of cabin crew training simulators. The simulators will be specifically designed and manufactured by EDM to enable the cabin crew of the Hong Kong based airline to maintain and enhance the training of their highly proficient crew... 21 September 2015
CTC Aviation has re-opened applications for their fully sponsored Advanced Flight Instructor Programme. Successful applicants will be sponsored by CTC Aviation to become multi-engine Instrument Rating and Class Rating Instructors (IRI and CRI), receiving a salary from the commencement of training. They will join CTC Aviation's team of highly qualified... 21 September 2015
For some time there has been general recognition that the centre of gravity of civil aviation has been moving eastwards. A prime indicator has been the huge numbers of new aircraft on order as the Gulf and Asia plan the future. In support of these orders some manufacturing, too, has... 21 September 2015
Many students are gravitating toward a career in aviation management. Robert W. Moorman examines this phenomenon and what schools are doing to meet the demand. Career stability, higher starting salaries and better quality of life are reasons students give when asked why they are choosing aviation management over piloting as... 21 September 2015
Chuck Weirauch looks at the challenge of procuring high value training equipment such as full flight simulators. With more full flight simulator suppliers now in the marketplace, customers have more choice than they have had in the recent past. While that's good news for buyers, suppliers are seeing more competition... 21 September 2015