As part of their ongoing expansion, AeroGuard Flight Training Center has launched its new commercial pilot training facility at the Georgetown Municipal Airport near Austin, Texas. The aviation industry needs pilots. AeroGuard’s new Austin flight school is a critical part of helping to meet that demand. It is located...
ViaTech’s Active Reader – utilized by CAE to train thousands of civil and defense crew members every year – now supports video and interactive file types. CAE began its implementation of Active Reader in spring 2018, and the platform has since been integrated with its existing enterprise systems. Active...
Exhibiting at the World Aviation Training Summit (WATS) in booth 411, AXIS Flight Training Systems is speaking up on the importance of continuous innovation in simulator technology to support the pilot training industry through the current flight instructor shortage. According to Boeing’s most recent pilot outlook, the industry will...
Avion Group has appointed Erik Varwijk as the new CEO. Varwijk will focus on bringing global growth to the company. Erik Varwijk brings many years of airline experience, having worked as managing director and member of the Managing Board of KLM, member of the Air France KLM Group Executive...
FTD.aero delivered a B738 Fixed Base Trainer (FBT) Flight Simulator to Solaseed Air. The device was successfully installed at the airline's offices at Tokyo Haneda Intl. Airport in early April. The FBT is fully-enclosed and includes a realistic and fully functional flight deck with tactile control panels and coupled...
TRU Simulation + Training’s portfolio in Asia has grown through several Full Flight Simulator (FFS) deliveries and orders. TRU has delivered and qualified an A320 STD 2.0 FFS at the Airbus India Training Center (AITC) in Gurgaon, India, in December 2018. The device was qualified to Level D by...
FlightSafety International and ExpressJet Airlines have signed an extension to their existing training services agreement. It includes the addition of full flight simulators and other advanced training devices and services. Subodh Karnik, ExpressJet chairman and CEO said, “The new simulator and training devices provided by FlightSafety will support maximum...
Quadrant INTERACT, Quadrant Group’s Simulated ATC Environment (SATCE) solution, is now available on MPS’ FTD platform. Philip Adrian, CEO of MPS said, “In the continuous drive to add innovation and functionality to the MPS devices, the partnership with Quadrant to incorporate Simulated ATC Environment is another step forward to...
EGYPTAIR has selected FlightSafety International to design and manufacture a full flight simulator for the Airbus A220-300 aircraft. The simulator will be installed at the EGYPTAIR Training Academy headquarters located at Cairo International Airport. "We are continuously looking to evolve and ultimately enhance our Training Academy by incorporating new...
MPS and IDT have signed a long-term collaboration agreement to integrate Upset Prevention and Recovery Training (UPRT) capability into current and future MPS flight simulators. The MPS devices representing the Boeing B737 and Airbus A320 variants utilize high-fidelity flight models and aerodynamic data packages from the respective OEMs. IDT’s...