Défense Conseil International (DCI), the reference operator of the French ministry of defence for the international transfer of French military know-how, has created Helang Flying Academy, the first regional helicopter training centre in Malaysia, in a joint venture with Major Flagship Sdn Bhd (MFSB). The joint venture, the first involving...
BAA Training has signed a cooperation contract with International Flight Training Center (IFTC). The agreement covers the lease of Airbus A320 and Boeing 737NG FFS's for BAA Training students' training in Turkey. The one-year long contract wil allow BAA Training's pilot trainees from the surrounding regions to receive professional A320...
CISEFA has implemented their SaaS AQP solution at Aloha Air Cargo in Honolulu, Hawaii for electronic data collection (offline/online), reporting, and FAA AFS-280 data extract for monthly data submission. CISEFA is an IT company dedicated to the airline training industry. Their training management solution assists organizations in need of highly...
Airbus is setting up a greenfield training facility at Aerocity, New Delhi, to support India's growing need for Airbus aircraft pilots and maintenance engineers. The ground-breaking for the Airbus India Training Centre was performed by P. Ashok Gajapathi Raju, Honourable Union Minister of Civil Aviation and Tom Enders, CEO, Airbus...
TRU Simulation + Training Inc. has received purchase orders from Boeing for the production of two full flight simulator (FFS) suites for Boeing's newest twin-aisle airliner, the 777-9. The purchase order for the two FFS suites follows an April 2016 announcement where the two companies entered into a multi-year agreement...
Mesa Airlines, Inc. and Southern Airways Express have launched the Mesa-Southern Pilot Cadet Training Program, a newly-formed partnership providing career progression for Southern Airways pilots and a pipeline to future employment for qualified candidates at Mesa Airlines. The five-year agreement will provide up to $15,000 in combined forgivable loans to...
GECI Española (GECI) has contracted Micro Nav Limited to upgrade the Air Traffic Control (ATC) simulator at the Empresa Cubana de Aeropuertos y Servicios Aeronáuticos (ECASA) training department. Micro Nav's BEST (Beginning to End for Simulation and Traiing) simulator at ECASA was originally installed over ten year ago. The installation...
Egis, an international consultancy, engineering and operation group is pooling expertise with Camas, a French group specialised in airport training, to create a new aviation training centre in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. The CMA (Centre des Métiers de l'Aviation) was born from the objective of the two groups to pool their...
The Joint Aviation Authorities Training Organisation (JAA TO) has been elected as a Member of the ICAO TRAINAIR PLUS Steering Committee (TPSC) for the period from 2017 to 2019. The election was amongst the Full Members and Regional Training Centres of Excellence (RTCE) of the TRAINAIR PLUS Programme. With 49...
In 2016 Flight Training Europe (FTEJerez) announced a new partnership agreement with OSM Aviation. In terms of this agreement, OSM/Norwegian Airlines and FTEJerez jointly selected FTE's graduates to fly as First Officers for OSM's largest client, Norwegian Airlines. Since the announcement in 2016 some 14 FTEJerez graduates have joined Norwegian...