Tom Stelter, CEO of RSi Visual Systems and respected industry veteran, retired at the end of June. Craig Phillips, principal and current CTO, will assume the CEO's responsibilities. Tom's career in the aviation training industry spans more than 40 years, starting with his time in the United States Air Force,...
Turkish Airlines has selected Rockwell Collins to provide its EP-8100® image generators with JVC laser illuminated projectors for pilot training for the airline's new and existing fleet of Boeing 737 MAX, 777-300 and 787 Dreamliner aircraft, as well as its Airbus A320neo, A330 and A350 XWB aircraft. This new...
L3 Commercial Aviation has announced three significant exclusive contracts with China Southern, Shenzhen Airlines and Qingdao Airlines. The company is to provide four full flight simulators (FFS) - two Airbus A320 and two Boeing 737 RealitySeven™ simulators - for Zhuhai Xiang Yi Aviation Technology Co. Ltd., a China Southern...
Alsim has sold an AL250 simulator to Montair Aviation, a flight training school with locations in Pitt-Meadows in the Vancouver metro and Red Deer in Alberta, Canada. This is Montair's third Alsim simulator, after purchasing an AL200 MCC in 2016 and a second AL200 in 2017. Montair's AL250 has...
At the 2018 Farnborough Airshow, CAE has announced the CAE Women in Flight scholarship program, demonstrating its commitment to promoting the advancement of women in the aviation industry. The CAE Women in Flight program encourages passionate and exceptional women to accomplish their goal of becoming professional pilots. CAE will...
Three helicopter pilots have graduated with the UK's only operator-supported BSc (Hons) Professional Aviation Pilot Practice (Helicopter) degree, delivered in partnership between Helicentre Aviation Ltd. and Middlesex University London. Professor Tim Blackman, Vice-Chancellor at Middlesex University London said: "I'm very proud of our helicopter pilots whose graduation marks a...
VA has announced the appointment of Nigel Orme as Chief Executive Officer. Originally from New Zealand, Nigel attended Norwich University in the US before starting his aviation career over 20 years ago as a Rescue Flight Paramedic. He then returned to NZ and completed his commercial flight training for both...
AeroStar Training Services has announced the official launch of an on-location A320 simulator, recently installed in their new 18,000, soon-to-be 30,000 square foot hangar facility at the Kissimmee Gateway Airport. The simulator is being used by the school's pilot trainees working on an A320 type rating or ATP certificate, as...
L3 Technologies is investing more than $100 million in its soon-to-open London Training Center, supporting London Gatwick as the epicenter of its worldwide commercial pilot training operations. This commitment from L3 is designed to meet increasing airline customer demand and to help address the worldwide shortage of commercial pilots.
Paving the way for more Airbus-standard courses in South East Asia, Airbus and Indonesia's GMF AeroAsia have renewed their Maintenance Training Services (MTS) agreement for another five years. Over the last five years, the partnership between Airbus and Garuda Indonesia's maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) arm has resulted in...