Global cargo charter airline AeroTransCargo (ATC) will put 60 pilots through Caerdav’s 747 simulator training centre at Cardiff Airport. ATC will use Caerdav’s EASA-approved Boeing 747-400 aircraft simulators to provide its pilots with half-yearly recurrent training on the Queen of the Skies, which will include emergency procedures and technical...
Nigeria has become the 22nd state to ratify the Montreal Protocol 2014 (MP14) ahead of its entry into force on January 1 2020. MP14, the Protocol to Amend the Convention on Offences and Certain Other Acts Committed on Board Aircraft, is a global treaty that strengthens the powers of...
The regional investment fund Fonds Pays de la Loire Croissance et Océan Participations has invested €2.1 million in Alsim. The money, the French simulation specialists said, allowed them to pursue both its future product development and its, mostly international, commercial development. "(It) will enable the company to focus on...
Some 25 students from Saudi Arabia have graduated from an air traffic control (ATC) training programme provided by Airways International Ltd, following two years of study in New Zealand. Their graduation on Nov 29 marked the completion of a scholarship provided by the Ministry of Education and the General...
With the blessing of the FAA and other regulators, the new era of commercial drone deliveries has launched. Robert W. Moorman investigates the training of professional drone operators.
BAA Training Spain has purchased an Alsim AL250 simulator. The Alsim AL250 is a generic and compact simulator for single & multi engine piston (SEP/MEP reconfigurable) PPL, CPL & IR training. "With over 300 student-pilots in Ab Initio school, a training device, as the Alsim AL250, simulating both single...
The pilot and maintenance tech shortages come down mostly to money – pay, bonuses, benefits, and especially the cost of initial training. Group Editor Marty Kauchak highlights some expanding financial mechanisms for future right-seaters.
FlightLogger has entered the mountains of Andorra by signing up its first customer in the principality, the Andorra Aviation Academy. The academy shares ground facilities with the Universitat d’Andorra in Sant Julià de Lòria. Although the current ground school facilities are in Andorra, the academy has multiple agreements with...
South Korea's Cheongju University have ordered an A320 Door Trainer for use by Aero K from cabin crew simulator training specialists Spatial. The Aero K, a South Korean Ultra Low Cost Carrier (ULCC), will commence operations from Cheongju International Airport next year. The simulator will allow the airline’s cabin...