The Finnish Civil Aviation Authority has granted Coptersafety’s H145 full flight simulator (FFS) Level D certification. The simulator was delivered by TRU Simulation + Training following a three-month installation period beginning in July 2017 and is now available for use at Coptersafety’s training centre, which is adjacent to Helsinki...

The V9000 Commander cabin fire + smoke trainer Middle East Airlines (MEA) ordered from Flame Aviation in June 2017 is now installed at the carrier’s new training center at Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut. Middle East Airlines, the national carrier of Lebanon, is the first airline in the...

ALSIM has sold an ALX (SEP Complex, MEP, MEJ) simulator to Aeroclub di Varese, a flight school located in Venegono Inferiore, Italy. Aeroclub di Varese’s fleet consists of fifteen directly owned aircraft. The latest acquisitions are two Tecnam P2002JF’s equipped with Rotax engines and Garmin 500 and GNT 650...

CISEFA is to supply Germania Airlines with its Software as a service (SaaS) training management system for online and offline electronic data collection, statistical analysis and record management. The SaaS solution covers record keeping, electronic grading (traditional, AQP/ATQP and EBT) and training scheduling in line with aviation authority regulations.

Cairo, Egypt-based Nile Air is to use Flyco Group’s Advanced Learning Management System (A-LMS) and bespoke courseware to streamline and modernise its operations. Nile Air’s courseware library will consist of content for pilots, cabin crew members, dispatchers, technicians, managers, handling personnel, loadmasters and ground personnel. As the carrier operates...

From left to right: Samuel Avila II, CEB’s VP Flight Operations; Lance Gokongwei, CEB’s President and CEO; Steven Young, Owner of FTA; and Johan Pienaar, CEO of FTA. Cebu Pacific (CEB) has launched a cadet pilot training programme in partnership with Flight Training Adelaide (FTA) to address expansion requirements...

Together with Seeing Machines, Emirates has been using advanced gaze tracking technology to better understand how pilots interact and monitor instruments during real-time procedures that could pose safety risks. Emirates is collecting gaze data from a sample of Emirates line pilots while they’re flying standard training scenarios in Emirates...

Jeff Van West has joined PilotWorkshops.com LLC in a newly formed Creative Director position. His primary responsibility will be managing the development and creation of the company’s pilot proficiency training programmes, including their flagship IFR Mastery programme. Jeff has 19 years of experience developing numerous aviation projects, ranging from...

Simhawk Inc. has launched an Annual Simulator Training Survey to evaluate the industry’s satisfaction with simulator operators and training providers. The survey is open to all flight operations and individuals that utilise flight simulators for training. It will provide the first ever overall view of customer satisfaction in the...

Airways Aviation has introduced a scholarship in collaboration with the British Women Pilots Association (BWPA) dedicated entirely to women. The £35,000 scholarship will to go towards the price of a full-time EASA pilot training course. It was revealed during an ‘Airline Pilot Careers Day’ held at company’s Oxford, UK...