The Instituo Tecnológico Superior ADA (ADA-ITS) and Lufthansa Technical Training have signed a contract which governs the use of Lufthansa Technical Training's iPad app "LTT viewer" to provide next-generation training to the institute's course participants. The first courses will start in September 2014, and from then on, more than 100...

PILOT TRAINING Based on the strategy of EgyptAir Training Center to expand and intensify cooperation with airlines in the Middle East and the Arab world, EgyptAir Training Center has received a high-level delegation from the Libyan Civil Aviation Authority to approve the training centre for pilots and airline crews operating...

SOFTWARE infoWERK Medien & Technik GmbH has received a 2014 Worlddidac Award for excellence for the multimedia-based system, Basic Training for Aviation Maintenance Engineers. This software is used by Swiss Aircraft Maintenance Association (SAMA) who proposed the multimedia-based training system for the award. The Worlddidac Award is presented every two...

HELICOPTER UK-based Heli Air is expanding its training services to include full-time ground school courses alongside its well established flying training. Available from October this year, the new courses will be professionally delivered in a modular format at the company's purpose-built facilities at Wycombe Air Park. The modules will include...

PILOT TRAINING Boeing has announced the placement of several new full flight simulators that expand capabilities for pilot training globally, while bringing more training closer to where airlines operate. Two simulators, a Next Generation 737 and 777, are now ready for training at the Boeing Flight Services Singapore campus. Another...

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL UFA, Inc. has opened the ATCSim Innovation Center in Kaufbeuren, Germany. The 350 square meter facility offers UFA's state-of-the-art ATC tower, radar and airside driving simulation technology for training, research and development. At its inauguration, Flughafen München GmbH (FMG) will commence Apron Control training for its latest...

PILOT TRAINING Baltic Aviation Academy's training centre has finalized the purchase contract for five new aircraft and has almost doubled its fleet and training capacity. The fleet has been expanded with four Tecnam P2002 and one Tecnam P2006 aircraft. Together with the new fleet additions, Baltic Aviation Academy has nine...

PILOT TRAINING Volaris, the low-cost airline serving Mexico and the US, has chosen "Training by Airbus" to provide A320 Family flight simulator training and courses in Miami and Mexico as part of an agreement that includes more than 25,000 flight training hours for 500 pilots. Training of Volaris’ pilots has...

ARRIVALS & DEPARTURES Michael King has joined SimCom Training Centers as chief operating officer. In his role, King will be responsible for all aspects of SimCom's training operations. A seasoned business leader, King spent more than two decades at FlightSafety International, where he served in a variety of technical and...

COMPANY NEWS FlightPath International Limited and G Air have entered into a cooperative affiliation in which the two training organizations will provide both ab initio and multi crew pilot licence training (MPL training) to major airlines throughout Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. FlightPath has also received Approved Maintenance...