Sponsored Content As commercial aviation witnesses a boom across the world, more and more women are passionately striving to become a part of the industry. Women in airspace have transitioned from being employed as flight attendants to premier cockpit controllers. Compared with other countries in the Middle East and...
The newest and largest group of Multi-crew Pilot Licence (MPL) cadets will begin training next month at the Czech Aviation Training Centre (CATC) in Prague and will be available to airlines toward the end of 2020. They would join 14 other CATC MPL graduates who completed the program (two...
A $50,000 gift from The Boeing Company, in addition to several donations from individual WAI members during the recent 30th Annual International Women in Aviation Conference, has helped the organization to reach its goal of $1-million in its Endowment Fund. The fund enables WAI to expand the 2020 scholarship...
BAA Training announced the launch of an MPL training program by signing a partnership agreement with Avion Express. According to the agreement, Avion Express pilots are to start MPL training this August and will be ready to operate as F/O in 18 months from then. The aim of the...
Lufthansa Aviation Training (LAT) is investing a total of €89-million in pilot training equipment and in the infrastructure of its own training locations to meet the high customer demand. Currently, Lufthansa Aviation Training operates 54 full flight simulators (FFS). In 2019 and 2020, the training fleet of the training...
BA CityFlyer announced the launch of its MPL (Multi-Crew Pilots Licence) Scheme with FTEJerez. Starting in August and September 2019, the MPL scheme gives cadets the opportunity to start training to become a pilot with BA CityFlyer. Once students have successfully completed training, they can continue their journey with...
VA Airline Training (VA) and Leading Edge Aviation have joined forces with a new airline pilot training partnership as well as simultaneously launched the first approved Airline Pilot Standards MCC course designed for the Airbus A320. Graduates from Leading Edge Integrated and Modular courses will progress seamlessly into training...
Boeing issued the following statement regarding the release today of the preliminary investigation report of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 by the Ethiopian Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB). "I'd like to reiterate our deepest sympathies are with the families and loved ones of those who lost their lives in the accident,"...
Pelita Air Service, an airline owned by state oil company Pertamina, providing executive transport, charters, oil and gas support operations based in Jakarta, Indonesia, has selected Avsoft International for its ATR 72-500 pilot training programme.
Alsim’s AL42 FNPT II flight simulator has been selected by Airbus Flight Academy Europe, a subsidiary of the Airbus group. The simulator was delivered few weeks ago in Angouleme, France. Jean Longobardi, Chief Executive Officer of Airbus Flight Academy Europe, said, "We were looking for a flight trainer that...