FlightSafety International has received orders for full flight simulators from Aeroméxico Connect, S7 Airlines of Russia and SF Airlines of China. Aeroméxico Connect is to receive its second Embraer E190 FFS during the second quarter of 2018 at the Aeroméxico Training Center in Mexico City. “We are pleased that...
L3 Commercial Training Solutions’ Airline Academy (L3 Airline Academy) is working with airline partner British Airways to offer its cadets the opportunity to be pre-selected for a British Airways First Officer position while still completing their airline pilot career program. The opportunity is currently exclusive to L3 Airline Academy’s...
At Halldale Media Group’s 2017 Asia Pacific Airline Training Symposium (APATS) event, CAE announced it is expanding its training footprint in South East Asia through a collaboration with Jakarta Aviation Training Centre (JATC). Under this collaboration, CAE will deploy its first-ever owned full-flight simulator in Indonesia (an Airbus A320...
Groundschool London, a brand new flying training academy, has opened in south-west London to offer future pilots the opportunity to learn the foundation skills required to pursue a career in aviation. The 20-hour Future Pilots course is designed to equip senior school students (aged 15 and upwards) with the...
BAA Training has received renewed approval from the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency (Rostaviatsia) for Boeing 737 CL initial, recurrent and renewal training. The approval also grants use of BAA Training’s own Boeing 737 CL full flight simulator for providing training to Russian airline operators. It is estimated that...
AXIS Flight Training Systems is to deliver a new ATR 72-600 Level D full-flight simulator (FFS) to FSTC's facilities in Delhi during the first half of 2018. As part of the deal, AXIS’ second with FSTC, the company will also deliver a number of complementary lower-level training devices to...
Frasca International, Inc. has received an order for a second CJ1+ Level 5 Flight Training Device (FTD) from CAE Oxford Aviation Academy in Mesa, Arizona, which focuses on ab initio flight training. The first CJ1+ FTD was delivered to CAE Oxford Aviation Academy by Frasca in 2013. When the...
AirAsia and CAE have concluded a sale and purchase agreement concerning the Asian Aviation Centre of Excellence (AACE), which is currently a 50:50 joint venture between the two companies. The US$100 million transaction (including earn-out) will give CAE full control over AACE's three training centres – located in Sepang,...
CAE has launched a Madrid-based Airline Transport Pilot License (ATPL) pilot training programme in partnership with European low-cost carrier Volotea. Under the terms of the agreement, CAE will select, assess and train up to 50 new professional pilots for the airline over the next five years. This autumn, the...
Fiumicino, Italy-based Blue Panorama Airlines has entered into a long-term training service agreement with Flyco Group. As part of the agreement, Blue Panorama’s training department will gain full access to Flyco’s Advanced Learning Management System (A-LMS) including a bespoke courseware library fully customised to the carrier’s requirements. The library...