Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Asia and the International Executive Education Center (IEEC) have reached an agreement to deliver full-time aviation/aerospace bachelor degree programs in Singapore. The Council for Private Education (CPE) approved Embry-Riddle's Bachelor of Science in Aviation Business Administration (BSABA) program and the University plans to start teaching the...
FlightSafety Academy has announced a unique opportunity for pilots to build the number of hours required to qualify to fly for regional airlines in the United States. Successful candidates will be offered employment as a flight instructor at FlightSafety Academy and earn advanced ratings at no cost. The hours flown...
Wizz Air, a low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, has celebrated the grand opening of the new Wizz Air Flight Simulator and Training Center at Ferenc Liszt International Airport in Budapest. The training center is equipped with an A320 full flight simulator for pilot training and two aircraft cabin...
Swiss AviationTraining (SAT) has unveiled their new CAE Embraer 190 full flight simulator. The new E-Jet 190 simulator is now available for use at the Lufthansa Flight Training Center in Frankfurt. SAT already operates an E-Jet simulator in Munich, and the new Frankfurt location complements these existing training operations. SAT's...
Anadolu University in Turkey, has ordered two new Entrol simulators, a FNPT II simulator based on the Socata TB20 and a FNPT II MCC simulator based on the King Air C90GTi. Both simulators will be equipped with a worldwide terrain and navigation database and all indicators and panels fully operative,...
Emirates-CAE Flight Training has announced that its dual configuration full flight simulator for Bombardier Challenger 604 and Challenger 605 business jets, the only one of its kind worldwide, has received certification from the Hong Kong Aviation Civil Aviation Department (HK CAD), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the European Aviation Safety...
OPINICUS' Cessna CJ3 ODYSSEY™ 9 simulator has been qualified by the FAA under Part 60 and is also fully compliant with ICAO Type 5 FSTD, under 9625, Ed. 3, for ProFlight, a training company located in Carlsbad, CA. The ICAO Type 5 FSTD is the highest level of a non-motion...
RSI Visual Systems Inc. has completed two installations at British Airways Flight Training in the UK on the new A380 and B787 full flight simulators. Both visual systems completed the EASA CAA level ‘D’ inspection earlier this year and the simulators are now being used for BA pilot conversion training...
Mount Cook Airline, a subsidiary of Air New Zealand, is the latest ATR operator to choose the Mechtronix ATR 72-600 flat panel trainer (FPT). The new trainer will be used to help convert pilots from the airlines existing fleet of ATR 72-500s to the 72-600s. Two of CAE’s simulators located...