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EDM welcomed a group of engineering students from the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) last month. Accompanied by lecturers from the university's School of Engineering, the students spent an afternoon at EDM's 100,000 square feet manufacturing facility in Newton Heath, east Manchester, where they were given a guided tour by... 16 June 2016
Aviation training specialist Flyco Training Solutions Group has struck an agreement to supply e-learning courseware to Norlandair Iceland. Flyco's LMS will enable Norlandair's pilots to access study material from a portfolio of around 300 courses, at any time, on any device, even when offline. The system will automatically monitor user... 16 June 2016
Embraer Executive Jets has delivered the first Phenom 100E to Etihad Flight College, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Etihad Airways. The flight school is in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates and provides ab-initio pilot training for the airline’s expanding fleet. The school is the first to use the aircraft in the initial phase... 15 June 2016
India's largest and fastest growing low cost carrier, InterGlobe Aviation Limited (IndiGo) has partnered with CTC Aviation, to launch a new airline pilot career programme to train its future pilots. The IndiGo cadet pilot programme will see successful applicants achieving a dual - NZCAA and Indian DGCA - licence upon... 14 June 2016
Global pilot training academy Airways Aviation is now offering a funding scheme for people wishing to train as a pilot in the UK and Spain, through an arrangement with BBVA. BBVA's flight training loan scheme is a secured funding option and offers those interested in an aviation career a bespoke... 14 June 2016
Asian Aviation Centre of Excellence (AACE), a joint venture between Air Asia and CAE, added a new A330 CAE 7000XR Series full-flight simulator (FFS) at the AACE training centre in Glenmarie, Selangor, Malaysia that brings the total number of full-flight simulators at all AACE centres to 12. AACE supports pilot... 14 June 2016
Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport has won a $620,000 New York State Airport Infrastructure grant, part of $10 million awarded for airport capital project improvements across New York State from the Governor’s Aviation Capital Grant Program. The grant will fund construction of a Flight Academy Building at the airport that will... 13 June 2016
FlightSafety International’s third Airbus A320 full flight simulator (FFS) built for Wisesoft Corporation has received Level D qualification from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC). FlightSafety is building a fourth Airbus A320 for Wisesoft that will be delivered at the end of 2016. The simulator is installed at the... 13 June 2016
Earlier this month CTC Aviation announced the re-opening of applications to the CTC WINGS Multi-crew Pilot Licence (MOL) in partnership with easyJet. Since its launch in 2013, the programme has provided aspiring pilots the opportunity to join a full-time career programme, leading directly to a job as an easyJet co-pilot... 9 June 2016
Simulation Training Company and SIMCOM Aviation Training have announced a collaboration to open a general and business aviation training center near Paris, France. The training center will be branded SIMCOM Aviation Training Europe (SATE) and will focus on the light and medium business jet as well as owner flown market. 7 June 2016
Dr Khalid A.N. Al Ohaly, president of the Arabian Gulf University (AGU) and French Arabian Business School based in Bahrain and Didier Penabayre, managing director of AirBusiness Academy, an Airbus Group company, have signed an MoU to develop and deploy a new MBA track specialised in Aviation Management to be... 7 June 2016
CAE has announced ab-initio pilot training and resourcing agreements with commercial airlines including IndiGo, CityJet and China's Schenzhen Airlines. IndiGo has signed a new ab-initio pilot training contract with CAE for the creation of over 200 additional professional pilots through 2018. As part of the airline's training footprint expansion, one... 1 June 2016
BA CityFlyer has launched a pilot recruitment drive for direct entry Captains and First Officers, in partnership with airline training and resourcing organisation CTC Aviation. The airline, a wholly owned subsidiary of British Airways, recently added 20 aircraft to its fleet and added more flights to its schedule. Applications are... 1 June 2016
Swiss AviationTraining (SAT) and Lufthansa Flight Training (LFT) have re-entered their Embraer E-Jet 190 full flight simulator into service at its Vienna training base, along with Austrian Airlines. The simulator was dismantled in its previous Munich location, transported to Vienna and reassembled in just six weeks. SAT and LFT joined forces to... 31 May 2016
KLM UK Engineering has signed a long-term partnership with Nilai University (Malaysia) for the provision of EASA Part 147 exams supported by KLM UK Engineering's Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) software. Under the agreement, KLM UK Engineering will support Nilai University's Diploma in Aircraft Maintenance Engineering and Advanced Diploma in Aircraft... 31 May 2016
Pan Am International Flight Academy and parent company ANA Holdings have anounced a special discounted summer training program for ATP-CTP and Type Rating Traning on the B737NG and A320 at their Miami and Las Vegas Training Centers. Under this agreement students who participate in training between June 1 and August... 26 May 2016
FlightSafety International has announced that training for the Gulfstream G650™ aircraft will be offered at its Learning Center located at Farnborough airport in the United Kingdom. Training is expected to begin in March 2017 following Level D qualification of the simulator. This will be the fourth training location and fifth... 26 May 2016
CAE has announced at the 2016 European Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (EBACE) that the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has qualified its CAE 7000XR Gulfstream G650 full flight simulator (FFS) to Level D. The training program for the Gulfstream G650 will be located at the Emirates-CAE Flight Training centre... 25 May 2016
FlightSafety International has expanded its Rejected Takeoff Go/No-Go course for pilots who fly Gulfstream aircraft. The course is now available for the Gulfstream GIV, GV, G450, G550 and G650 aircraft and is designed to promote best-practices and enhance go/no-go decision making. FlightSafety's Rejected Takeoff course puts a two-pilot flight crew... 25 May 2016
FlightSafety International has introduced FlightBag, a newly enhanced courseware delivery and presentation application for iPad as well as a web-based version for Android and Windows based tablets and desktop computers. The FlightBag App offers features that increase the effectiveness of courseware delivery, presentation, and use. Its interaction with FlightSafety's courseware... 24 May 2016