Patria has decided to relocate their initial civil pilot training operations from Tampere-Pirkkala, Finland, to Córdoba, Spain. Patria’s single-engine DA40 fleet will be based in Córdoba while theoretical training, simulator training and multi-engine training with DA42 fleet will remain in Finland. Patria’s aircraft maintenance operations at its current Tampere-Pirkkala...
Claudio Marturano, a former chief engineer for Bombardier Q400, has launched Nubis Aviation Training to ensure pilots, maintenance crew and ground staff are properly trained in a flexible, cost-effective way. Nubis’s training model is based on online and distance learning that is carried out continuously to meet European Union...
David Davenport, Co-CEO and president, Commercial, FlightSafety International has been elected president of the Wings Club Foundation. The Board of Governors voted to elect David during the Wings Club Annual Meeting held on March 27, 2019. He will serve a one-year term. As president, Davenport will set the strategic...
Simloc, in collaboration with everis ADS, will supply a flight training device type FBS (Fixed Base Trainer) of the Airbus A320, with certification level FTD1 + MCC, to the company Aerodynamics Málaga. The simulator will be used to improve the training of students of its commercial pilot school, within...
L3 Commercial Aviation has selected Piper Aircraft to supply as many as 240 new aircraft options to expand and modernize the airline fleet across its Airline Academy pilot training sites. The fleet will support growing demand for its cadet pilot programs in light of the global shortage of pilots.
Solent Freight Services LTD has chosen Alsim for the installation of their first South American-based ALX simulator. The acquisition of an ALX marks the first partnership between both companies. Solent Freight Services bought the simulator for its Ecuador-based flight training facilities. The ALX will receive both FAA and EASA...
FlightSafety International and TRU Simulation + Training, a Textron Inc. company, have formed a new company called FlightSafety Textron Aviation Training. This new joint venture will provide training services for Textron Aviation‘s broad product line of business and general aviation aircraft. “Our main goal in establishing FlightSafety Textron Aviation...
Global Training Aviation's new A320 Level D Full Flight Simulator (FFS), provided by Indra, has received the Aerocivil certification and is ready for training. The FFS is located on the new premises of GTA, in Bogotá, Colombia. The Indra simulator has level D certification, the maximum certification available. This...
Through a donor who wishes to be anonymous, Women in Aviation International is offering five training scholarships available for application now through May 31, 2019. These scholarships include: WAI Instrument or CFII Rating Scholarship: WAI will award a $5,000 scholarship to an individual pursuing an instrument rating or a...
US Aviation Academy became the first flight school in the United States to be approved by the State Secretariat Civil Aviation of Cambodia (SSCA) as an Approved Training Organization (ATO). A growing cohort of Cambodian students have already begun training and the first is anticipated to graduate in May.