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Air Greenland will start implementing new procedures into their DHC-8-20 fleet and they have chosen Aviation eLearning to develop a training solution for this implementation. Aviation eLearning has already developed and delivered cockpit training applications to Air Greenland. The interactive cockpit procedure trainers with a complete 360° view of the... 16 March 2016
United Airlines and Airline Training Center Arizona (ATCA), a wholly owned subsidiary of Lufthansa Flight Training, will collaborate on a new Career Path Program (CPP) for pilots. This relationship serves to address the upcoming pilot shortage in the US by providing a reliable source of pilots to United and instructors... 15 March 2016
An air traffic control (ATC) training programme helping Airways New Zealand students to gain work with one of Europe's premier air traffic services providers has been launched. Airways, the Inter American University of Puerto Rico (UIPR) and FerroNATS have collaborated to offer the programme, and the first group of trainees... 15 March 2016
Rainer Hiltebrand, former COO of Swiss International Air Lines and head of the "New Groupwide Training Company" project has succeeded Florian Hamm as Chairman of the Board of Lufthansa Flight Training. Rainer Hiltebrand completed his pilot training at the Schweizerische Luftverkehrsschule (SLS) in 1978. Afterwards, he worked as a pilot... 15 March 2016
Quantum3D, Inc. has been selected by Reiser Simulation and Training GmbH to provide image generators and synthetic visual databases for Reiser's civil full flight simulator (FFS) for 4t class helicopters. The planned FFS will be used for helicopter training primarily in civil urban traffic environments and in offshore scenarios. The... 15 March 2016
FlightSafety International’s simulator for the Sikorsky S-76C+™ and S-76C++™ located in Singapore has been qualified to Level D by the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The facility has also been approved to provide FAA PART 142 training under FlightSafety’s single certificate. The new FlightSafety FS1000 simulator built for the... 15 March 2016
Aerosim Technologies have signed a contract with Envoy Air to deliver one E175 virtual procedure trainer (VPT) and seven desktop E175 virtual flight deck (VFD) stations. The VPT also contains a fully simulated flight deck and will be delivered with simulated aircraft hardware to include backdriven thrust levers, a mode... 11 March 2016
LATAM Airlines Group has selected the Fox Training Management System from Britannica Knowledge Systems as the new software solution for its Corporate Academy, which trains a vast range of service, leadership, technical, security and support personnel. Through Fox, LATAM's multiple learning and training operation management systems will be consolidated into... 8 March 2016
Etihad Flight College has expanded its fleet of trainer aircraft with the delivery of two Extra EA 330 LT aircraft. The aircraft were shipped and reassembled by the manufacturer at the Flight College's hangar in Al Ain and will be showcased at the Abu Dhabi Air Expo, where they will... 8 March 2016
Airways Aviation is establishing global headquarters at London Oxford Airport, United Kingdom, supporting its rapid global expansion strategy. Airways Aviation relocates to Airways House at the Oxford-based airport in April, as demand for high-calibre commercial flight training has seen its UK-based cadet numbers double in 2015. Cadet numbers are predicted... 8 March 2016
JetBlue has launched its seventh pilot recruiting pathway, Gateway Select, the airline's new competency-based training program for aspiring pilots. JetBlue also announced that it will partner with CAE to help deliver Gateway Select's training curriculum, leveraging CAE's experience in delivering competency-based training prgrams to airlines throughout the world. Gateway Select... 8 March 2016
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott Campus and Universal Helicopters Inc. (UHI) have announced an extension of their 2010 agreement to exclusively provide helicopter training to Embry-Riddle students. The program is designed to carry students from zero time through their Certified Flight Instructor (CFI) certificate. The contract with UHI simplifiesthe path for students... 5 March 2016
TRU Simulation + Training Inc. is expanding its ProFlight® training capability for several popular Cessna business jet models, including the Cessna Citation CJ4, Cessna Citation CJ3+ and Cessna Citation M2. Pilot training for the Citation CJ4 will be offered at TRU's West Coast training center in Carlsbad, California, while the... 4 March 2016
The International Society of Transport Aircraft Trading Foundation (ISTAT Foundation) has established the Norman C.T. Liu Asia Scholarship Fund to provide financial support to Asian students at Asian universities who are interested in aviation and are studying business, engineering, finance, aviation management or other related aviation subjects. Norman C.T. Liu... 2 March 2016
Airbus Helicopters has designated CAE's Olso helicopter training centre an Airbus Helicopters Approved Simulation Centre for H225 recurrent training. This is the culmination of a process that included a rigorous evaluation of the centre's H225 simulator verifying its fidelity baed on Airbus Helicopter's simulation package, and completion of an Airbus-led... 2 March 2016
A new strategic partnership has been announced between Airways Aviation and McGinley Aviation, a provider of global aviation recruitment solutions. The partnership is designed to supply airlines with a steady stream of aviation talent through both existing workforces as well as new candidates in training. 'Joining forces' will not only... 1 March 2016
Aerosim Flight Academy has launched its new Women Aviators Scholarship program to help deserving women with the potential to make a positive impact on the aviation industry. Based on their demonstrated talent, passion and skills, qualified recipients can receive up to $10,000 to apply toward their tuition for Aerosim Fliight... 1 March 2016
Frank Chapman, Airbus Test Pilot, used the Merlin MP521 Engineering Flight Simulator at The College of Engineering at Swansea University to fly and assess the Bristol Eco-Flyer Electric Aircraft Design in December. The Bristol Eco-Flyer is an Airbus graduate and apprentice project to design ad manufacture a light, two-seater general... 29 February 2016
FlightSafety International has named Otto Gambrel manager of the company’s new Learning Center in Denver, Colorado. Otto joined FlightSafety in 2001 as an instructor at the Savannah Learning Center. Since then, he served as manager of the Gulfstream program at the Hong Kong Learning Center and as an EASA Senior... 24 February 2016
A new chapter in EU-China aviation relations has started with the official launch of the EU-China Aviation Partnership Project (APP). The 5-year, €10 million project, managed by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and partners, will link technical cooperation with policy dialogue between the European and Chinese aviation authorities. It is... 24 February 2016