Alsim has sold an AL250 FNPT II simulator in the SEP/MEP configuration to its first Israeli customer, Sky Trainer Ltd. The AL250 will be installed in March 2018 and operated under Sky Trainer Ltd., an advanced simulator and pilot centre which operates in conjunction with Israel’s largest flight school,...
UK-based Flyco Group is working in cooperation with BAA Training Academy to provide its newest customer – Kloten, Switzerland-based Helvetic Airways – with E-training systems and courseware. Helvetic Airways will use Flyco’s Advanced Learning Management System (A-LMS) and an extensive e-library of its courses for to train flight and...
Halldale’s Business Manager Michelle Viens catches up with Zenia Bharucha, GoJet Airlines’ Manager of Pilot Recruiting (pictured) to find out the most common interview mistakes made by aspiring pilots and get some top tips for interview success. GoJet Airlines is sponsoring the Student Education and Careers in Aviation (SECA)...
In response to customer demand, Avsoft has released a new general subjects course for pilots in relation to Automatic Dependent Surveillance- Broadcast (ADS-B) surveillance technology. Avsoft’s new ADS-B course explores the important concepts, definitions, limitations, components, and procedures related to ADS-B surveillance technology. Topics discussed include system descriptions of...
Pictured (left to right): Dominique MINEO, CEO of CEFA Aviation; and John Mansfield, Chief Digital Officer of GE Aviation CEFA Aviation and GE Aviation have come together to provide customers with a higher fidelity of data for airline flight safety analysis, operational efficiency and pilot training in a partnership...
Alberta, Canada-based Springbank Air Training College (SATC) has purchased an AL200 simulator from Alsim to train its 200+ students at Springbank Airport. Talking about the order, SATC’s President Jayme Hepfner said, “With the increased demand for pilots, it’s becoming more important to utilise advanced simulation to provide the necessary...
FlightSafety International is building the first simulator for the E190-E2 aircraft and expanding its Learning Center at Paris-Le Bourget airport in France to accommodate the new type. The expansion of the Learning Center includes a new 1,145 square metre (12,346 square foot) building adjacent to FlightSafety’s current Paris-Le Bourget...
JetBlue Airways has announced Steve Forte as the new Vice-President of JetBlue University. Based in Orlando, Florida, Forte will report to Rachel McCarthy, JetBlue’s SVP Talent & Learning. Forte holds both undergraduate and MBA degrees from the University of Arizona. He began his career with nearly three decades at...
The Qantas Group has said that in 2019 it plans to open a new ‘Qantas Group Pilot Academy’ capable of training up to 500 pilots a year. The academy is likely to be established near an existing airfield in regional Australia to provide easy access to uncongested airspace. The...
On 22 February 2018, Dundee, Scotland-based Tayside Aviation marked its 50th anniversary by conducting 50 training flights in just one hour. Since its launch in 1968, the company has flown 33 million miles – the equivalent of 70 trips to the moon and back! These flights led to the...