Gulf Air signed a contract with Etihad Aviation Training (EAT) to offer Full Flight Simulator (FFS) training to Gulf Air’s Boeing 787 Dreamliner pilots. The contract strengthens the ties between Gulf Air and Etihad Aviation Group, following the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the two companies in November. As...
CAE announced the signing of multiple business aviation training contracts with business aircraft operators worldwide, including Alerion, DC Aviation, Icon Aviation and Windsor Jet. Alerion renewed its exclusive pilot training agreement with CAE for an additional two years on multiple aircraft platforms, including Bombardier, Cessna, Dassault, Gulfstream, Embraer and Hawker.
The European Flight Academy looks back on a record year. With over 450 flight students in 2018, more pilots than ever before began their ab initio training as commercial pilots at Lufthansa Group. Under the EFA brand, Lufthansa Aviation Training (LAT) bundles all flight schools of the Lufthansa Group at...
Orbit Groundschool will be providing the theoretical part of the new Multi-Crew Pilot License (MPL) training for Transavia Airlines. These classroom-based theoretical lessons will be given at Lelystad Airport. In order to provide this, Orbit Groundschool has developed a curriculum founded on computer-based training, supported by lessons from qualified ground...
In an initiative designed to align APS MCC training with the latest ICAO developments in Competency-Based Training and Assessment (CBTA), VA Airline Training is strengthening its AirlineReady APS MCC course with Competency Assurance in January 2019. Competency Assurance provides a guarantee that any VA trainee who has not fully reached...
To better represent the core activities of the business today, Virtual Aviation is becoming VA Airline Training. The revised branding incorporates a new ‘Careers Take Flight’ strap-line to represent the company’s focus on enabling pilot career opportunities for its customers. The use of magenta as an accent colour in the...
Seeing Machines Limited has partnered with L3 Commercial Aviation to deliver integrated eye tracking capabilities into their Full Flight Simulator (FFS). The first device with this functionality will be delivered to an Australian airline in 2019. The companies developed a solution to provide and leverage the eye tracking capability and...
ACS Aviation Managing Director, Graeme Frater with the ACS Aviation Sales Director, Louise Ewart at the awards ceremony with the award. ACS Aviation won the Beyond Scotland Business Star Award in the Perthshire Chamber of Commerce’s 2018 Business Star Awards for attracting overseas business to Perthshire, Scotland. The judges...
infoWERK announced the closure of an agreement with Aruba Airlines for the implementation of its eLearning program, FOO training. The training is delivered through a customized learning portal that includes both initial and recurrent training and aims to offer high quality state-of-the-art online training as well as operational flexibility and...
infoWERK will release its new Route Competence Training eLearning course in early 2019. Due to the increasing requests received from infoWERK’s clients, particularly from corporate jet operators outlining the need and the possible benefits of having an eLearning course for route competency, infoWERK decided on a cooperative development together with...