ARRIVALS & DEPARTURES FlightSafety International has announced a number of promotions. David Davenport has been promoted to executive vice president, Commercial. David's responsibilities include management of the Sales, Marketing, and Operations organizations for FlightSafety's business and commercial aircraft training. He joined FlightSafety in 1996 as assistant manager of the West...

ATC TRAINING A group of 28 Saudi Arabian students are undertaking Airways’ air traffic controller programme in New Zealand. The students, from Saudi Arabia's civil air service provider General Authority of Civil Aviation of Saudi Arabia (GACA) and Saudi Arabia National Guard, will study English for their first year in...

ARRIVALS & DEPARTURES Aerosim Flight Academy has named Craig Zysk as vice president of sales and marketing. Zysk has more than 30 years of leadership experience in international and domestic manufacturing, business development and customer service and is responsible for sharing the academy’s global brand and mission with industry partners...

SOFTWARE Jeppesen has selected BoldIQ's scheduling technology to enhance development of its products and solutions for its business aviation customers. "Enabling customers to make intelligent and integrated decisions in real time is what we are all about," said Roei Ganzarski, president and CEO of BoldIQ. "This relationship is in line...

HELICOPTER The European airworthiness authority has validated Airbus Helicopters' flight training and support services in China, endorsing the high quality standards of these operations and their contribution to safety in one of the world's most rapidly-growing rotorcraft markets. The approvals involve European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification of the CGAMEC...

SOFTWARE Pelesys has signed a long term service agreement with Cargolux to provide its maintenance, ground staff and flight operations departments a complete Training Management and Deployment System (TDMS), which includes Pelesys' newly launched Training and Resource Scheduling platform. The solution will be a Software as a Service (SaaS) solution...

COMPANY NEWS Boeing has begun construction on a 7,000 square-foot addition to its research and technology center in Alabama. Known as the Center for Applied Simulation and Analytics (CASA), the new lab space will serve as a hub for Boeing, its research partners and academic collaborators to create and develop...

SOFTWARE AQT Solutions has signed a software agreement with Copa Airlines to implement its web- and mobile-based ATMS Aviation Training Management System. Copa Airlines will use the new system for compliance, qualification tracking and crew training management, with a focus on AQP, scheduling, records and analysis. Copa Airlines will be...

MAINTENANCE Lufthansa Technical Training (LTT) has been approved as a training provider by the aviation authority of the United Arab Emirates, the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA). LTT can consequently hold GCAA-recognized aviation basic and type training courses. Category A and category B1.1 (both aviation engineers) and B2 (avionics engineers)...

SOFTWARE MINT Software Systems has signed a software agreement with Virgin Atlantic Airways for the implementation of the fully web based MINT training and ATQP management software MINT TMS. Virgin Atlantic will use the new system for effective license and qualification tracking and pilot training management, with a focus on...