Civil Aviation
7 April 2025 Rick Adams Tanja Schmidt began her role with the International Air Transport Association in September 2024, inheriting a department which manages hundreds of training courses across dozens of airline-related categories. She sat down with Rick Adams to discuss how the role is going and what training changes are coming.
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The Flight School Association of North America (FSANA) is partnering with Symbiotics for prescreening of prospective ab initio pilots. 27 April 2023
Joby Aviation, a company developing electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft, has been awarded the third extension of its Agility Prime contract with the United States Air Force. 26 April 2023
Three years in the making, Precision Flight Controls has received FAA certification on its King Air B200/C90. 26 April 2023
Marco Santana is the Founder of Orlando Tech News and former business reporter for the Orlando Sentinel. Halldale invited him to WATS to offer his impressions as a first-time attendee of the world’s largest civil aviation training event. 26 April 2023
The centre will have a capacity for up to six full-flight simulators, offering advanced pilot training on the latest light- and large-segment business jets. 26 April 2023
Thanks to new research being conducted at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, and backed by a recently awarded $1.4 million NASA grant, low-noise multirotor aircraft are becoming a reality. 25 April 2023
Dundee-based Tayside Aviation appointed receivers on 20 April with the loss of 22 jobs, and leaving customers in limbo. 25 April 2023
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University students recently became among the first to test a new voice communication system for remotely piloted aircraft. 25 April 2023
WATS 2023 presented an opportunity for delegates to move beyond political vitriol and gain science-based insights on current and near-term weather pattern changes in and beyond the US. 24 April 2023
One of the more spirited exchanges during the WATS 2023 pilot training track was generated by the presentation of self-described “human performance geek” Samantha Brown, Lead Human Factors Team Member, ALPA-International, a United Airlines First Officer. 24 April 2023
Innovacom has announced an investment in Hinfact through its Technocom3 fund. The company specializes in the analysis of physiological and behavioral data and develops artificial intelligence-based software solutions designed to improve pilot training and aviation safety. 21 April 2023
AerAware is demonstrating its next-generation Enhanced Flight Vision System (EFVS) upgrade for transport category aircraft designed to enable pilots to see clearly through common visibility obstructions like fog, rain, snow, sand and smog. 20 April 2023
AMST has been awarded a contract by IFTC, Istanbul for an A320 FTD Level 1 flight simulator. 20 April 2023
This has been a very trying several months for the US Federal Aviation Administration. Group Editor Marty Kauchak reports on what the FAA discussed at WATS 2023. 20 April 2023
X2O Media, leading global provider of hybrid learning and collaboration solutions, introduced the advanced X2O OneRoom solution designed to support hybrid training at WATS 2023. 20 April 2023
As this is the 25th Anniversary event of WATS – an incredible achievement – the Halldale family wanted to honour Andy and Chrissy. 19 April 2023
Luiz Mauad, VP Services and Operations Solutions, Eve Air Mobility (Embraer Group) presented an attention-getting reason for his company’s deliberate but fast-paced entry into the global UAM market when he placed the value of this sector at $760 billion through 2040. 19 April 2023
GE Digital, a provider of aviation software, has extended its partnership with FlightSafety International. 19 April 2023
Regional Airline Association President & CEO, Faye Malarkey Black testified before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Subcommittee on Aviation at the hearing titled, “FAA Reauthorization: Examining the Current and Future Challenges Facing the Aerospace Workforce” 19 April 2023
EDM Ltd. has acquired SkyPeople, a provider of cabin crew training services. The move comes as part of EDM's efforts to revolutionise the future of cabin crew training in the UK and beyond. 19 April 2023