CAE has entered into an $85 million strategic partnership with corporate aviation service company Directional Aviation Capital (DAC). CAE will acquire a 50 percent stake in SIMCOM Holdings and form a joint venture with DAC affiliate, Volo Sicuro. In addition, DAC's affiliated business aircraft operators, including Flexjet, Flight Options...
U.S.-based Piedmont Airlines Inc have signed a new service agreement with MINT Software Systems. MINT will provide the MINT TMS to enhance the flight crew training, planning and qualification management of the airline. Piedmont, a subsidiary of American Airlines Group Inc, carries over three million passengers a year to...
FlightSafety International Unmanned Systems Training now offers a specialized sUAS Civil/Government Services Remote Pilot Course. “Our sUAS Civil/Government Services Remote Pilot course is designed to assist federal, state, and local government agencies to establish a UAS program, or to increase the effectiveness of their existing capabilities,” said Clint Strong,...
The first set of pilots have graduated from VA Airline Training's new Airline Career Training (ACT) course, designed to help pilots prepare for airline assessment, interview and employment. Ruth Spalding, an experienced airline industry pilot assessment and recruiter, ran the three-day course. The ACT also incorporates two hours of...
EasyJet have stood down one of its pilots amid reports they were in poor mental health. "The safety and wellbeing of our passengers and crew is the airline's highest priority," an EasyJet spokesperson said. "We offer support through an employee assistance programme, pilot peer support programme and we...
Britannica Knowledge Systems is featuring new Fox Training Management System capabilities in self-service show demos at this year's Asia Pacific Airline Training Summit (APATS) in Singapore. Attendees will be able to simulate their training management tasks on mobile devices to see for themselves how the Fox system can improve...
Norwich Airport are investing £7 million into the building of a new hangar and workshop facilities for KLM UK Engineering. The hangar will be 54,000 sq ft and the workshop 15,500 sq ft. Both will be ready by August 2020. "This will enable us to provide a more efficient...
Hungaryʼs MultiFly will take delivery of a Fusion 213 aircraft made from composite materials by Magnus Aircraft Zrt. MultiFly will use the aircraft in its English language pilot training program that it runs with the University of Pécs. The partnership between the two Hungarian companies will also facilitate "the...
The Prime Minister of Portugal, António Costa, visited the L3Harris academy in Ponte de Sor this week. Costa met with cadets in training. He also had the opportunity to see the latest facilities, including the new Piper Archer TX.
airBaltic Training has launched the construction of a new aircraft hangar in Liepaja. The new aircraft hangar will provide a place for more than 15 training aircraft and a workshop for the Diamond aircraft technical maintenance. It is planned that the construction will be finalized by the end of...