Private jet operator Elit'Avia is to deploy Flyco’s Advanced Learning Management System (A-LMS), which will include a bespoke courseware library fully customised to the requirements of the Elit'Avia training department. The full library will cover pilots, cabin crew members, dispatchers, technicians, managers, handling personnel, loadmasters and ground personnel. Elit'Avia’s...
Boeing has unveiled a newly-installed 737 MAX 8 simulator at its Flight Training Centre in Crawley near London Gatwick Airport and announced the construction of a new annex to accommodate the growing demand for pilot and technician training. “Demand for Boeing’s leading products and services is strong from our...
BAA Training is to support Small Planet Airlines by providing them with 450 future pilots – who will begin as First Officers with the carrier – between 2017 and 2025. The first stage of the partnership involves the creation of a program for those who already hold a private...
Flight Simulation Company (FSC) has added a new Airbus A320 Flight Training Device (FTD) manufactured by Multi Pilot Solutions (MPS) to its facility in Amsterdam. Ready for training from 10 July 2017, the device has been certified by the Dutch CAA at Level FTD-1 and FNPT-II / MCC. FSC...
The first group of easyJet pilots on the airline-supported BSc (Hons) Professional Aviation Pilot Practice (PAPP) degree have now graduated. The degree course was launched in 2013 in a partnership between L3 Commercial Training Solutions (L3 CTS), Middlesex University and easyJet. The seven pilots who have now graduated are...
AeroStar and Stuart, Florida-based SkyBlue Jet Aviation are teaming up to promote one another’s type ratings services. AeroStar offers pilot type ratings training for Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 aircraft, along with ATP-CTP, while SkyBlue Jet Aviation offers Initial Cessna Citation type rating and Citation recurrent training on Citation...
BAA Training has gained an approval from the Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority (TCAA) to provide ATR 42/72 type rating training and full flight simulator (FFS) dry or wet lease services for Tanzanian aviation companies at its facility in Vienna, Austria. Inspectors from the TCAA audited BAA Training’s headquarters, infrastructure...
The Central Washington University (CWU) Board of Trustees has approved a plan that allows the university to purchase or lease aircraft over the next few years to accommodate a growing demand for aviation education and flight training. “This plan will give us much greater flexibility and control over educational...
Axis Simulation is building a full flight simulator (FFS) for an undisclosed customer in Southeast Asia following receipt of an order some months ago. The value of the order is €10 million and includes re-hosted avionic systems. The simulator will be equipped with the latest Moog motion system and...
Langkawi, Malaysia-based flight training school HM Aerospace has acquired a third AL42 simulator from Alsim. Alsim developed the AL42 as an exact copy of the Diamond DA42, incorporating technology such as Performance-based Navigation (PBN) and a High Definition Visual System (HDVS). HM Aerospace was the first approved training organisation...