Hong Kong-based Peak Pacific limited has purchased the eLearning content business of Helsinki-based Finnair Flight Academy (FFA). The acquisition of the eLearning library enables Peak Pacific to expand its footprint in the aviation eLearning market in Europe. Peak Pacific and Finnair Flight Academy were already engaged as business partners in...
Pan Am International Flight Academy has signed a Strategic Alliance Agreement with Silver Airways to provide qualified pilot applicants to the airline. As part of the agreement, Pan Am will offer Silver Airways, pilots from the Pan Am Career Pilot Academy, a FAA 141 flight school in Kissimmee, Florida, that...
CPaT Global, LLC (CPaT) has expanded its relationship with Clovis Point Capital to provide additional funding to accelerate development of new, innovative products and garner new customers. This incremental funding will be used to expand the current product development and sales teams. In addition, CPaT has announced the appointment of...
Environmental Tectonics Corporation (ETC) has installed Diamond Visionics’ GenesisIG Visual System on its upgraded Aircrew Training Systems (ATS). The ATS’ are used to recreate and monitor the physiological effects of motion on aircrew, providing High-G, spatial disorientation, upset recovery and tactical flight training. Alper Kus, Aircrew Training System Business Unit...
The Hibernia Management and Development Company (HMDC), the Research & Development Corporation (RDC) and CAE have inaugurated a new helicopter training and research and development (R&D) centre in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Fully funded by HMDC and RDC, the centre features the first civilian Level D helicopter simulator with night...
Airways Aviation has appointed former global technical officer Stewart Ford as general manager, Australia, to lead its ongoing Australian and Asia-Pacific expansion. Ford, who has acted as interim general manager since May, has worked for the global aviation education and training provider since 2014. Joining first as national operations manager,...
Thales has installed Australia’s first AW139 full flight simulator (FFS) at the CareFlight Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) Academy at Brisbane International Airport. The Thales Reality H FFS for commercial helicopter flight training will be used to provide scenario-based flight training to AW139 helicopter operators in the region and to...
Airbus Group SE has inaugurated its new headquarters facilities, called "Wings Campus", adjacent to the airport in Toulouse-Blagnac, France. Housing 1,500 employees, the new campus is located at the heart of Airbus' production and engineering activities and comprises the Group headquarters as well as integrated services buildings. The new facilities...
TUIfly from Germany has ordered a V7000 Brigade™ cabin fire & smoke trainer from Flame Aviation in the Netherlands. The new fire trainer is scheduled for delivery in August and will be installed at the TUIfly training facilities at Hannover Airport in Germany. Flame's V7000 Brigade is a spacious fire...
Flyco Training Solutions Group has signed a pan-European contract to deliver pilot training to Small Planet Airlines Group, across Lithuania, Germany and Poland. Already familiar with e-training tools, Small Planet decided to switch from a competing offering to Flyco due to a requirement for full customization of the system and...