Pan Am International Flight Academy and Miami Dade College (MDC) have joined forces to address the critical shortage of commercial pilots expected within the next two decades, by training the future generations of aviation professionals. These institutions have signed an agreement to jointly create solid career paths for aviation students.
Alsim sold an AL250 FNPT II flight simulator to Aeronautical Web Academy (AWA), a flight training school located near Lisbon Airport. The simulator is due to be delivered in April 2019. The AWA Board of Directors explained why they chose Alsim: “We were looking for a state-of-the-art simulator with excellent...
FTO Padova became the latest Italian flight school to join FlightLoggers’ integrated flight training management platform and digitalize its activities. FTO Padova chose the FlightLogger platform for the value proposition of becoming paperless and having an integrated management of flight programs, ground theory, bookings, safety management, flight registrations, certificates, documents,...
The Tamworth Regional Council has purchased BAE’s pilot training facilities at Tamworth Regional Airport. The agreement follows the council’s announcement that Virgin Australia is the preferred airline to establish the pilot training academy. While the existing training facilities are located on council-owned land at Tamworth Regional Airport, the facilities are...
The Saudi National Company of Aviation (SNCA), a CAE Authorized Training Center, selected Diamond Aircraft’s twin DA42-VI and single DA40 NG for its training center. The agreement will comprise of 60 airplanes over a five-year period. Delivery of the first 12 aircraft will start February 2019. The DA40 NG and...
CAE announced the opening of applications for the CAE Women in Flight scholarship program in collaboration with five global airlines. Five full scholarships, covering the entire cost of a cadet pilot training program, including accommodations and travel, will be awarded to outstanding female ambassadors to make them role models and...
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...