airBaltic is continuing its expansion and is looking to attract 50 technicians in 2019 for its maintenance facilities at Riga International Airport and Tallinn Airport. Andris Vaivads, SVP technical operations of airBaltic said: “We are improving our maintenance capabilities, and plan to perform C checks on the Airbus A220-300...
In September 2018, TRU Simulation + Training provided the first CL-415 Level D full flight simulator to Ansett Aviation’s training center in Milan, Italy. The device, a development program for TRU, was qualified to EASA Level D standards and ready for training in December 2018. With recent wild fire...
Boeing awarded a $3-million grant to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University to accelerate pilot training and aviation maintenance programs. Boeing's investment will create a permanent endowment to fund annual scholarships for flight training, maintenance training and certification costs related to the pilot training and aviation maintenance programs. Scholarship dollars will be...
FlightSafety International and Air Methods will be adding a new Level D qualified full flight simulator for the Airbus Helicopters EC145 at the FlightSafety Learning Center in Denver, Colorado. Design and manufacture of this new FlightSafety FS1000 simulator is underway at the company’s simulation facility in Oklahoma. It will...
Caverton Helicopters aims to deliver AW139 simulator training to pilots. This move is a key step forward in Caverton’s strategic move into flight simulation training services. They have chosen to rely on Thales’s AW139-configured Reality H Full-Flight Simulator (FFS) to accomplish this. The simulator will be installed at Caverton’s...
In support of the local community and the growing aviation industry of the city of Pensacola, Florida, ST Engineering has set up a new scholarship programme, the Pensacola Mayor’s Scholarship, to support outstanding individuals accepted into an aviation-related post-secondary educational programme. Starting in 2020, scholarships will be awarded to...
With the recently mandated changes from ICAO that all aviation training takes place with a competency-based approach (CBTA) focusing on specific job functions, Pelesys is in the process of updating all of its courses, including the dangerous goods training courseware to meet these requirements. The dangerous goods courses are...
FlightSafety now offers more than 259 courses approved for education benefits by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), at 12 Learning Centers in the United States. FlightSafety continues to work with Veterans Affairs to expand the number of available training programs and locations. VA approval to provide training...
Skyborne Airline Academy received approval from the UKCAA for its flagship EASA Integrated ATPL course. The first intake for the EASA Integrated ATPL will arrive on April 15th. Ian Cooper, Chief Operating Officer at Skyborne, says, “With our first open day on March 16th at our Gloucestershire Airport HQ,...
FlightSafety International will add a new Advanced Energy Management – Rotorcraft course to its Master Aviator program for helicopter pilots in the coming months. Steve Gross, senior vice president, Commercial said, “Master Aviator sets a new standard for pilot achievement and recognition, enabling pilots to develop a deeper knowledge...