A major national carrier has awarded Spatial with the contract for an Airbus A320/A321 cabin emergency evacuation trainer (CEET), which will become one of the first cabin trainers to feature Airbus’ redesigned semi-automatic OWE. The device, which will be built at Spatial’s facility in the UAE and shipped to...
EDM has produced an infographic about the cabin crew sector using information from leading industry sources, which estimate that between 2016 and 2035, the aviation industry will see the need for 814,000 new cabin crew. The company visulaises Boeing's prediction that the biggest demand in the Asia Pacific region,...
Flyco Group has signed a long-term agreement with Trade Air, a passenger and cargo charter airline headquartered in Zagreb and based at Zagreb Airport in Croatia. The agreement will see Trade Air’s training department gain full access to Flyco's courses for pilots, cabin crew, technicians, dispatchers, handling and ground...
At the 2017 Paris Air Show CAE has announced a series of aviation training solution contracts with large fleet operators and airlines worldwide, including Ethiopian Airlines, Air India, and Japan Airlines. These agreements, valued at approximately C$85 million, cover airline pilot and cabin crew training, crew resourcing, business aviation pilot...
Boeing has raised its forecast for new airplane demand, projecting the need for 41,030 new airplanes over the next 20 years valued at $6.1 trillion. The company's annual Current Market Outlook (CMO) has been released at the Paris Air Show, with total airplane demand rising 3.6 percent over last year's...
RP Aero Systems has been awarded a contract by EVA Airways to manufacture and install a Boeing 787 door trainer at their Training Centre in Taiwan. "The door trainer will include all the necessary functions to meet the modern day training needs, together with features specific to the B787 aircraft,"...
Amsterdam, Netherlands-based Flame Aviation has received an order for its V9000 Commander cabin fire + smoke trainer from the flag carrier of Lebanon, Middle East Airlines (MEA). The V9000 Commander will be based at MEA's new training center at Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut. It is due to...
CityJet has chosen to deploy Pelesys’ Training Management and Deployment System (TMDS) to meet future electronic training records management requirements. The carrier, which is headquartered in Ireland, will use Pelesys’ Qualification Management System (QMS) module to monitor, aggregate and maintain its employee qualifications. As a rule-based solution, QMS automates...
Three pioneers of the global aviation training community were recognised at the annual meeting of airline, regulatory and industry training experts, WATS 2017 (World Airline Training Summit). Awarded by CAT magazine, the three individuals received the first 'CAT Pioneer' awards and will have subsequent awards named for them as part...
EDM has won an order from China Eastern Airlines to manufacture two B787 door trainers. EDM will design and manufacture booth door trainers at its Manchester facility in the UK before shipping and installing them at the airline's cabin crew training centre in Shanghai, China. The equipment will be specifically...