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TRU Simulation + Training has signed an agreement with Avianca, a leading Latin American airline headquartered in Colombia, for the purchase of a full flight simulator (FFS) and a flat panel trainer (FPT) for the new Airbus A320neo. The full flight simulator, scheduled to be delivered in the third quarter...   21 April 2016
Session 3, Training Analysis and Development Dr Bill Johnson, moderator of the maintenance stream, kicked off the first maintenance session, welcoming the attendees. The well attended session was led off by Amrish Pothack, AirBusiness Academy. The aviation management trainer spoke to the results of their research into what makes a...   20 April 2016
Representing the International Helicopter Safety Team (IHST) and the United States Helicopter Safety Team (USHST), Bristow Group’s Nick Mayhew kicked off the Helicopter Aviation Training Symposium (HATS) stream at WATS 2016 with a challenge to further reduce accidents on “the path to zero.” Ten years ago, the IHST set a...   20 April 2016
Ansett Aviation Training Australasia (Ansett) and Universal Training Systems (UTS) have announced that Ansett's new Beechcraft King Air 350i conversible to a B200 full flight simulator will be located at the UTS simulator and training facility on the Sunshine Coast Airport in Queensland. The simulator, which was purchased last September...   20 April 2016
Hong Kong-based learning technology provider, Peak Pacific, and UK-based virtual reality learning technology company, Immerse Learning Ltd, have announced a partnership to deliver virtual reality solutions for the aviation, healthcare and transportation industries. The partnership aims to leverage industry domain expertise from Peak Pacific and live immersive learning experience of...   20 April 2016
CrewFactors has appointed Ascend Aero to accelerate penetration of the commercial airline market for its communication training tool. The product objectively measures the communication and coordination skills of flight crew using patent pending technology. This is an important development in crew training, because in an era when there is a...   20 April 2016
Jennifer Sunderman, Director of Operations for Safety and Technical Services for the Regional Airline Association (RAA), led off the RATS morning session by discussing the regional airlines workforce challenges and the RAA’s proposed R-ATP Pathway solution, the RAA Air Carrier Pilot Training (ACE) Program. Sunderman described the shrinking pilot pool...   20 April 2016
WATS 2016 – World Aviation Training Conference and Tradeshow – the world's largest meeting of aviation training professionals, is underway in Orlando, Florida. WATS offers an independent and informative conference along with the sector's biggest tradeshow. The conference theme is “Optimizing Blended Learning and Training Technology” and this year's conference...   19 April 2016
ACCEL Flight Simulation has signed a memorandum of agreement (MoA) with UK-based Aviate Training Technologies for a long term strategic partnership towards Simulated Environment for Realistic Air Traffic Control (ATC) training solutions (SERA) on full flight simulators for commercial aircraft. Under the agreement, Aviate will provide one 737 Next Generation...   19 April 2016
TRU Simulation + Training, a Textron Inc., signed an agreement with Boeing to design and manufacture the first Full Flight Simulator (FFS) training suite for Boeing's newest twin-aisle airplane, the 777X that is expected to enter service in 2020. The suites will be delivered to Boeing’s pro forma campuses –...   19 April 2016
Peak Pacific and infoWERK have signed a partnership agreement to expand the market for aviation eLearning content products. The partnership aims at global cooperation between the two aviation eLearning organisations and will enable both parties to take a complete solution set to their respective markets. With this agreement, customers of...   19 April 2016
EDM has announced that the three door trainers the company has manufactured for Cathay Pacific Airways have passed their Factory Acceptance Tests (FATs) this month. Comprising of a B777 door trainer, A330 door trainer and B747 freighter main deck door trainer, the equipment has been designed and manufactured at EDM's...   19 April 2016
Interfire launched the FireSafeCase, a brief-case like container designed to handle fires created by electronic appliances – both onboard aircraft and in public places such as hotels, trains and schools. By closing a burning device into the FireSafeCase©, cabin crew can quickly contain a fire and prevent toxic gases spreading...   19 April 2016
TRU Simulation + Training’s agreement with Boeing to design and manufacture the full flight simulator (FFS) training suite for the new 777X puts the division of Textron in the first tier of training solutions providers with capabilities in general/business, military and commercial aviation. “They did a very serious procurement and...   19 April 2016
Barco, a provider of networked visualization products, will be at the World Aviation Training Conference and Tradeshow (WATS) this week in Orlando, Florida as a presenter, exhibitor and sponsor. The company is partnering with immersive visual display provider 3D perception to present its latest simulation projector solutions for the aviation training industry. Barco...   18 April 2016
TRU Flight Training Iceland, a joint venture between TRU Flight Simulation and Icelandair, delivered a V9000 Commander™ Fire & Smoke Trainer built by Flame Aviation to Icelandic Air. The V9000 Commander™ is the flagship model in Flame Aviation’s product range of fire & smoke trainers. It includes a cabin with...   18 April 2016
Q4 Services is pleased to announce an order to supply Belgium-based VENYO with an additional four high performance SupraVue® 9’ collimated visual display systems. This new order will support the increased Venyo simulator production program, a total of seven high-performance SupraVue® collimated visual display systems are all scheduled to have...   18 April 2016
CISEFA s.a  has announced a service agreement with Wizz Air. The agreement covers the delivery of the SaaS version of the CISEFA eForms management system for flight and cabin crew electronic grading online/offline and statistical analysis at Wizz Air, supporting all current Training and Checking eForms and future initiatives like...   18 April 2016
The new Airbus Asia Training Centre (AATC), a joint venture owned 55% by Airbus and 45% by Singapore Airlines (SIA), has been officially opened in Singapore. The 9,250 square metre facility in Singapore becomes the fourth Airbus flight crew training centre worldwide, alongside Toulouse, Miami and Beijing. The new centre...   18 April 2016
MINT Software Systems signed a service agreement with Finnair to deliver the MINT Training and Resource Management System (MINT TRMS) to support Finnair’s in-house and third-party training services. MINT will replace Finnair’s legacy systems with the MINT TRMS, which allows anytime, anywhere access to training schedules, forms for electronic grading...   15 April 2016