Airbus’ newest training center in Denver is now home to the first A320neo full flight simulator (FFS) in the Americas. The simulator just achieved Level D certification from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) with four engine fits–including the neo. This simulator complements the two existing A320 family, FAA-certified Level D...
Virgin Australia has announced it will be opening a world-class pilot training centre in Tamworth. The Tamworth Regional Council chose Virgin Australia Group as the airline to establish the training centre in the New South Wales city. “We are delighted to have been chosen by Tamworth Regional Council, and for...
AVIOMAR, within the framework of its expansion policy, announced the development and construction of an airline full flight simulator (FFS) training centre north of Rome, in Monterotondo. The new facility, which is scheduled to become operational in the first quarter of 2019, will have a surface of more than 2,500...
AeroStar Training Services announced a new partnership with Spirit Airlines. This partnership agreement will enable highly qualified pilots who complete A320 type rating at AeroStar to interview for employment at Spirit in a Flow Through Program. AeroStar will also be involved in providing ATP-CTP training for Spirit. “This partnership is...
Alsim has sold an ALX Medium Jet to Central Flying Academy in Germiston, South Africa. The device, which will support their PPL, CPL and IR offering, will be delivered in December. CFA had been introduced to the ALSIM ALX at Oshkosh 2017 in the USA, by other flight training schools.
CEFA FAS (Flight Animation System) is a software that recreates flights based on the data coming from the aircraft's flight recorders, reproducing a view of the cockpit, the aircraft and its environment in 3D – among other features. It is already used by the safety and training departments of...
Bill Johnson, Ph.D., the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA’s) chief scientific and technical adviser for human factors in aircraft maintenance systems, was honored with the Flight Safety Foundation–Airbus Human Factors in Aviation Safety Award. The award, presented on the first day of the Foundation’s 71st annual International Air Safety Summit (IASS),...
Conair has purchased from entrol an AT-802 FTD Level 2 simulator. It will be installed in Conair’s new Aerial Wildfire Training Center (AWTC) in Canada. The Training Center will house a number of FTDs used for aircraft transition training and mission-based aerial firefighting. The center is the first of its...
Royal Brunei Airlines has launched an eLearning strategy supported by learning technology and content solutions provided by Peak Pacific. Peak Pacific has implemented a SaaS enterprise learning management system (LMS) to enable Royal Brunei to manage, track, report, analyse and audit online learning programs across the organisation. Royal Brunei Airlines...
UFA, Inc. (UFA), a provider of Air Traffic Simulation and Voice Technologies, announced that it has delivered its ATCloud ATC training platform to Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) in Manchester, New Hampshire. SNHU’s new ATCloud platform delivers hosted voice recognition and response (VRR) enabled ATC skills, phraseology and radar training...