CAE is to acquire Bombardier’s Business Aircraft Training (BAT) business for an enterprise value of US$645 million, expanding its ability to address the training market for customers operating Bombardier business jets, which at more than 4,800 aircraft, is one of the largest and most valuable in-service fleets of business aircraft...
Boeing and Safran have received regulatory approvals for a joint venture so they can begin designing, building and servicing aircraft Auxiliary Power Units (APUs)—onboard engines that are primarily used to start the main engines and power aircraft systems while on the ground and, if necessary, in flight. The companies also...
In October 2018, HM Aerospace (HMA) went digital with FlightLogger's Flight Training Management Solution to improve and optimize their ATO activities. HMA is a Malaysia Flight Training Academy that is a member of the Halim Mazmin Group. HMA’s training center is one of the preferred facilities for the cadet pilots of...
FlightSafety International announces that the Embraer E-170 aircraft simulator it built for S7 Airlines of Russia has received EASA qualification. This European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) qualification includes Issue 2 upset prevention and recovery training capability. “The EASA Issue 2 qualification of the Embraer E170 simulator built for S7 Airlines...
ACCEL Flight Simulation has signed a memorandum of agreement with Rockwell Collins to expand its service and support capabilities for Rockwell Collins visual systems customers in China. Signed today at the 2018 China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition, the agreement will establish a customer service function to provide local support...
AFI KLM E&M subsidiary is delighted to announce the addition of the Boeing 737 MAX to its EASA Part 145 Approval. KLM UK Engineering is a European provider in the regional jets and narrow body aircraft market, and having an internationally acknowledged expertise on the Boeing 737, Embraer 170/190,...
Multi Pilot Simulations (MPS) has been contracted by Norwegian to deliver an MPS B737 NG FTD-2, which will be installed in the Flight Training Center at Gatwick Airport in the U.K. MPS CEO Capt. Philip Adrian: “We are excited that Norwegian, one of the largest airlines in Europe, has chosen...
Avicopter, on behalf of the relevant investors of Aviation Industry Corporation of China Ltd, and Thales signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the establishment of a joint venture helicopter pilot training center. With the development of the Chinese civil helicopter market, the importance of providing helicopter pilot training services...
AeroStar Training Services, LLC has finalized an agreement with ECA Group at this year’s EATS conference in Madrid, to bring iPad-based FMS free play training technology to Airbus A320 and Boeing B737 type rating candidates. This is ECA Group’s solution to training centers’ need for FMS familiarization tools. It...
Multi Pilot Simulations (MPS) has entered into an agreement with Flight Training Europe Jerez, (FTEJerez) to operate an A320 FTD from their Flight Training Centre in Jerez, Spain. FTEJerez will use the A320 FTD in its future Type Rating and MPL courses. FTE’s CEO, Óscar Sordo Díaz: “We are very...