The Qantas Group chose Wellcamp Airport in Toowoomba, Australia as the first of two regional locations for its new Pilot Academy that will open by mid-2019. Construction of the Academy’s new $35 million facilities will start in October, in partnership with the Queensland Government and the Wagner Corporation, who own...
AeroStar Training Services signed an agreement with Khmer Pilot Training Co. at the Asia Pacific Airline Training Symposium (APATS) conference in Singapore to become Khmer’s preferred A320 Type Rating, Airline Transport Pilot certification program (ATP/CTP) and multi-crew cooperation (MCC) training provider. Khmer Pilot Training is a Cambodian collaboration of Khmer...
The shortage of maintenance technicians is hurting small aviation companies, the aerospace sector and the U.S. economy, Brett Levanto, Aeronautical Repair Station Association’s (ARSA) Vice President of Communications, told the U.S. House Small Business Subcommittee on the contracting and workforce hearing, Troubled Skies: The Aviation Workforce Shortage's Impact on Small...
Quantum3D Government Systems, a provider of training and simulation services, appointed Brian Holmes as vice president of Business Development in its Government Systems division. Holmes has over 30 years of experience in the training and simulation business and over 15 years of experience in business development, sales and marketing in...
Advanced Aircrew Academy’s online training module Safety Management Systems (SMS) for Safety Managers received accreditation from the International Business Aviation Council (IBAC). The International Standard for Business Aircraft Operations (IS-BAO) and International Standard for Business Aircraft Handling (IS-BAH) Audit Procedures Manuals require IS-BAO/IS-BAH auditors to complete an SMS training course...
Alsim delivered an AL42 simulator to Skyborne, a new UK airline training academy based at Gloucestershire Airport, founded by three leading figures in aviation training; CEO Tom Misner, an aviation training entrepreneur; CEO Lee Woodward, previously business development director at CTC Aviation and COO Ian Cooper, former operations director...
BAA Training, an independent aviation training center in Lithuania, acquired a CAE-built Boeing 737 Next Generation full flight simulator (FFS) to expand its type-rating training capabilities. The training device is valued from 9.5-10.5-million euros and will let the school offer an additional 7,300 hours of training per year. The FFS...
Boeing and the National Science Foundation (NSF) entered a $21-million partnership to accelerate training in critical skill areas and increase diversity in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields. NSF will partner with learning institutions to develop online training in areas including model-based and systems engineering, mechatronics, robotics, data science...
L3 Commercial Aviation began training its 200th intake of cadets at the L3 Airline Academy in Southampton, UK. The cadets experienced their ‘first flight’ ceremony and were treated to a celebratory cake. “We are always delighted to welcome new cadets on the first day of what will hopefully be...
European Flyers, a Spanish flight school in Madrid and Alicante, Spain purchased an Entrol an H11 FNPT III MCC simulator that will be used for initial courses including instrument-rating (IR), commercial pilot license (CPL), airline transport pilot license (ATPL) and multi-crew cooperation (MCC); it will also be used for Performance-Based...