On 14 December 2017, Global Aviation SA marked the 20th anniversary of its commercial pilot and cabin crew training academy, which was established in 1997. More than 450 people, including students, graduates, business partners, employees and associates, joined the company in a ceremony at Athens’ Grand Bretagne Hotel to...
Pictured (left to right): US FAA Administrator Michael Huerta; Ambassador Kaja Tael, Permanent Representative of Estonia to the European Union; and Henrik Hololei, Director General of the European Commission Directorate General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE) The United States (US) and the European Union (EU) have signed amendments...
Pacific Sky Aviation, the sister company of Viking Air Limited, has received Level D certification from Transport Canada for its Series 400 Twin Otter full flight simulator (FFS). The FFS provides instructors with the ability to programme training events from any airport or GPS location, a valuable feature for...
Global Training Aviation (GTA) has received Level D certification from EASA for an ATR 72-600 full flight simulator (FFS) manufactured by TRU Simulation + Training. Located at GTA’s facility in Madrid, Spain alongside the company’s existing ATR 72-500 full flight simulator, the new addition will meet the growing demand...
On 1 January 2018, Lufthansa Technik AG (LHT) became the new training organisation for approximately a dozen young people who were previously in training programmes at Air Berlin Technik. LHT and United Services Trade Union ver.di made sure this was the case after the new owner of Air Berlin...
Flight Simulator Center (FSC) has released a new version of its Multi Type General-Aviation Simulator (M.T.G.S.) designed for colleges and flight schools. A turnkey device for familiarisation with Glass Cockpit and VFR flights, the system is provided with extremely detailed sceneries of the whole Italian territory and its 50...
CEO of AeroStar Training Services, Deidra Toye, has signed a Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) with Felipe Sierra, Founder and Chief Flight Instructor at Fly Smart Pilot Training. Fly Smart Pilot Training enables students to gain their initial pilot certificate and offers Certified Flight Instructor – Instrument (CFII) training. The...
PHARMAFLIGHT has received Level D certification from EASA for the SIMTEQ Airbus A320 full flight simulator (FFS) installed at its facility in Debrecen, Hungary. Andrei Stepanov, SIMTEQ’s CEO, commented, “We have more simulator types to qualify and look forward to supporting customers that put their trust in our expertise.”...
To support the opening of its new base at Notodden Airport, Norway-based Pilot Flight Academy (PFA) has ordered four new DA40 NG aircraft from Diamond Canada. PFA’s CEO, Frode Granlund, said, “We already have an all Diamond DA40 NG and DA42 NG fleet, and are very happy with the...
Multi Pilot Simulations (MPS) has opened a fourth production hall in The Netherlands, increasing its production capacity by four times. The new production hall includes a state of the art spray booth as well as wet and dry cleaning rooms. It will be used for mechanical production and integration,...