Merlin Flight Simulation Group (Merlin) has recently installed an MP500-1 Academic Engineering Flight Simulator at Mississippi State University (MSU). Calvin Walker, who teaches aerospace engineering at MSU in the Bagley College of Engineering, stated, “This flight simulator will give us the opportunity to show students the dynamics of an...
BAA Training is to support Small Planet Airlines by providing them with 450 future pilots – who will begin as First Officers with the carrier – between 2017 and 2025. The first stage of the partnership involves the creation of a program for those who already hold a private...
Flight Simulation Company (FSC) has added a new Airbus A320 Flight Training Device (FTD) manufactured by Multi Pilot Solutions (MPS) to its facility in Amsterdam. Ready for training from 10 July 2017, the device has been certified by the Dutch CAA at Level FTD-1 and FNPT-II / MCC. FSC...
Aer Lingus, part of International Airlines Group, has awarded Spatial with a contract to upgrade and overhaul its Airbus A320 cabin emergency evacuation trainer (CEET) and A330 door trainer. The work comes as Spatial has further committed to provide full support to Aer Lingus for the coming ten years.
The first group of easyJet pilots on the airline-supported BSc (Hons) Professional Aviation Pilot Practice (PAPP) degree have now graduated. The degree course was launched in 2013 in a partnership between L3 Commercial Training Solutions (L3 CTS), Middlesex University and easyJet. The seven pilots who have now graduated are...
AeroStar and Stuart, Florida-based SkyBlue Jet Aviation are teaming up to promote one another’s type ratings services. AeroStar offers pilot type ratings training for Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 aircraft, along with ATP-CTP, while SkyBlue Jet Aviation offers Initial Cessna Citation type rating and Citation recurrent training on Citation...
BAA Training has gained an approval from the Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority (TCAA) to provide ATR 42/72 type rating training and full flight simulator (FFS) dry or wet lease services for Tanzanian aviation companies at its facility in Vienna, Austria. Inspectors from the TCAA audited BAA Training’s headquarters, infrastructure...
From 9 October 2017, Graeme Sumner will become CEO of Airways NZ, New Zealand’s Air Service Navigation Provider (ANSP), and will be based at the company’s office in Auckland. New Zealander Graeme will bring 27 years’ experience gained in the energy, transport, telecommunications, mining services and medical technology industries...
The Central Washington University (CWU) Board of Trustees has approved a plan that allows the university to purchase or lease aircraft over the next few years to accommodate a growing demand for aviation education and flight training. “This plan will give us much greater flexibility and control over educational...
Boeing and China Airlines have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to explore the development of the airline’s capabilities to serve the growing MRO market in Asia. The OEM anticipates providing China Airlines with technical support and maintenance training to enhance its ability to service Boeing products. In addition,...