Wizz Air, SmartLynx Airlines and Viet Flight Training (a subsidiary of Vietnam Airlines) are among the first airlines to access MOMook’s training management solution, which allows them to monitor pilots’ training progress in real time, through a partnership with BAA Training. The airlines needed access to BAA Training’s software...
Under a new agreement, Ottawa, Ontario-based OAS Flight Centre Inc. (Ottawa Aviation Services) is to become the fifteenth organisation in the Jazz Aviation Pathways Program (Jazz APP). The Jazz APP is aimed at establishing a direct career path for qualifying graduates and offers the opportunity for OAS's top-performing Canadian...
Emirates Flight Training Academy has taken delivery of its first two Cirrus SR22 G6 training aircraft in Dubai. A6-CTA and A6-CTB are the first of 22 single-piston engine Cirrus aircraft ordered by the Academy to train ab initio pilots. The two aircraft landed in Dubai following a transatlantic journey...
ATP Flight School has accepted delivery of its 300th training aircraft – a factory-new Piper Archer TX – as part of a three-year agreement with Piper for the purchase of up to 100 aircraft to increase training capacity and meet the growing demand for airline pilots. To stay ahead...
Airways Aviation is offering potential aviators in Germany the chance to win a scholarship of €40,000 that will go towards their airline pilot training. Romy Howatt, Founder and Shareholder of Airways Aviation, commented, “The world is in need of airline pilots and we understand that for many potential aviators,...
Alsim has sold an ALX SEP (Cessna 172) MEP (PA44) and Beech 200 to OMNI Aviation Group which will be placed with the OMNI Aviation Training Center (OATC) in Portugal. OMNI Aviation Group has been a client of Alsim’s since 2008 and already owned an AL200 MCC. Alsim proposed...
The first six of 19 students have completed the airline-focused training portion of JetBlue’s Gateway Select competency-based programme for aspiring pilots. They are now continuing to earn their FAA-mandated 1,500 hours of flight time at a CAE facility in Arizona where they will work as pilot instructors. Following this,...
L3 Commercial Training Solutions (L3 CTS) is to supply Spring Airlines with two RealitySeven Airbus A320 full flight simulators as well as an Enhanced Flat Panel Trainer (EFPT). The two A320neo devices will be delivered in 2018 and 2019 and will join three RealitySeven A320 FFS systems already in...
United Technologies (NYSE: UTC) announced Wednesday that the company is acquiring Rockwell Collins (NYSE: COL) for $140 per share, in cash and UTC stock. “This acquisition adds tremendous capabilities to our aerospace businesses and strengthens our complementary offerings of technologically advanced aerospace systems,” said UTC Chairman and CEO Greg Hayes.
SimiGon has been awarded a prime contract with the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to deliver its SIMbox simulation development tools and training in support of the FAA's advanced Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Research Simulator. The contract will see SimiGon's SIMbox simulation engine and development environment system become a...