Bosch Rexroth has signed an agreement with KLM to supply the motion platform solution for one of its new Cabin Emergency Evacuation Trainers (CEETs), which is being manufactured by EDM. Rexroth’s motion platform will be used to simulate flying conditions in a Boeing 777 aircraft cabin, with the CEET...
Rostock System-Technik GmbH (RST) has been selected by Malaysia Airlines Berhad to manufacture and deliver Airbus A350 and Boeing 737 door trainers to support emergency and crew procedure training at the Malaysia Airlines Training Centre in Kuala Lumpur. Both training devices will be installed by RST and commissioned together...
Groundschool London, a brand new flying training academy, has opened in south-west London to offer future pilots the opportunity to learn the foundation skills required to pursue a career in aviation. The 20-hour Future Pilots course is designed to equip senior school students (aged 15 and upwards) with the...
The Airbus Foundation, together with its partners The Little Engineer, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore and the Singapore Space and Technology Association, has conducted two further workshops as part of the Airbus Little Engineer programme in Singapore. The first four-hour workshop, which was organised with the Civil Aviation...
BAA Training has received renewed approval from the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency (Rostaviatsia) for Boeing 737 CL initial, recurrent and renewal training. The approval also grants use of BAA Training’s own Boeing 737 CL full flight simulator for providing training to Russian airline operators. It is estimated that...
AXIS Flight Training Systems is to deliver a new ATR 72-600 Level D full-flight simulator (FFS) to FSTC's facilities in Delhi during the first half of 2018. As part of the deal, AXIS’ second with FSTC, the company will also deliver a number of complementary lower-level training devices to...
Frasca International, Inc. has received an order for a second CJ1+ Level 5 Flight Training Device (FTD) from CAE Oxford Aviation Academy in Mesa, Arizona, which focuses on ab initio flight training. The first CJ1+ FTD was delivered to CAE Oxford Aviation Academy by Frasca in 2013. When the...
The DiSTI Corporation and Peak Pacific have announced a strategic partnership to provide Software as a Service (SaaS) virtual 3D training solutions for the commercial airline industry. Kishor Mistry, Peak Pacific Group’s CEO, stated, “Peak Pacific has developed a leading-edge SaaS platform for Competency/Evidence-Based Training (C/EBT) that we call...
AirAsia and CAE have concluded a sale and purchase agreement concerning the Asian Aviation Centre of Excellence (AACE), which is currently a 50:50 joint venture between the two companies. The US$100 million transaction (including earn-out) will give CAE full control over AACE's three training centres – located in Sepang,...
CAE has launched a Madrid-based Airline Transport Pilot License (ATPL) pilot training programme in partnership with European low-cost carrier Volotea. Under the terms of the agreement, CAE will select, assess and train up to 50 new professional pilots for the airline over the next five years. This autumn, the...