L-3 Link Simulation & Training's (L-3 Link) full flight simulator (FFS) for the SSJ100 aircraft, installed at the SuperJet International (SJI) Training Center in Venice (Italy), has been certified Level D by EASA and is now Ready For Training. It is the first simulator for a Russian civil aircraft that...
FlightSafety International will install its third Gulfstream G650 full flight simulator at its Learning Center in Long Beach, California, in early 2014. The program features MATRIX, FlightSafety’s integrated training system and includes a variety of pre-study and classroom materials that can be loaded onto an iPad, allowing customers to review...
Airbus has relocated an A330/A340 CAE FSTD Standard 2.4 from its Toulouse, France, facility to the Airbus Miami Training center. The simulator was qualified Level D by the FAA and EASA and was also updated with the latest CAE Tropos system. The Airbus Miami training center has updated its two Thales...
The ATR full flight simulator for the ATR 42-300 and 72-500, located in the Farnair Training Centre near Vienna and Bratislava, has been fully certified by the Federal Air Transport Agency (FATA), part of the Ministry of Transportation of the Russian Federation. The ATR 42-300 and 72-500 FFS has received...
Sim-Industries has opened its first South American flight training facility in Brazil. The Sim-Industries Brasil São Paulo Training Center provides academic and simulator instruction. Pilots from GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes will begin their academic training on the Boeing 737 and will progress to two dedicated simulators. The facility has capacity...
FlightSafety International plans to offer training for the Bombardier Challenger 605 aircraft at its Greater Philadelphia/Wilmington Learning Center beginning in April, following the FFS’s Level D qualification by the FAA and EASA.
PrivatAir has signed a contract with Saudia Private Aviation (SPA) that will encompass training SPA's existing cabin crew as well as coaching in specific areas of on-board service. The first group of SPA's 20 cabin crew are scheduled to commence their VVIP service training with PrivatAir in early April 2013,...
International Flight Training Center (IFTC) has begun construction on the flight training industry's first 'self-supporting' cabin trainer facility in Antalya, Turkey. A modular building will house a Boeing 737 cabin trainer and will be powered by solar energy. It will feature LED lighting and environmentally friendly cooling and heating systems.
Qatar Airways has turned to Baltic Aviation Academy for the recruitment of new cabin crew members from Baltic states. The initial assessment, gathering participants from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, during which 100 finalists will be selected, was conducted in February, in Vilnius, Lithuania. The one hundred selected candidates will...
Aerosim has announced an agreement with Flybe Training Academy for an Embraer 170/190 and Dash 8 Q400 convertible Aerosim Virtual Procedure Trainer (VPT). This will be Aerosim's first procedure training device that will have the ability to convert between two different aircraft types. Flybe will also receive Aerosim's Virtual Flight...