Adacel has completed installation and site acceptance testing for their MaxSim Tower Simulation System and Intelligent Communications Environment (ICE) training systems at Princess Juliana International Airport in St. Maarten. The Adacel MaxSim Tower simulator will enable training in all facets of aerodrome control. The ICE stations are independent systems that...
Diamond Visionics, a provider of 3D visualization and image generation, gave a cash award to the winners of the “IT FLIES USA 2016” competition at the University of Dayton. The competition, sponsored by Merlin Flight Simulation Group, featured student teams from the University of Dayton and the University of Manchester...
On behalf of the UK Civil Aviation Authority (UK CAA), CAA International (CAAi) is set to open a brand new EASA Part-66 Aircraft Maintenance Licence (AML) electronic examination centre in Istanbul, Turkey. The first exams will be delivered on Thursday 22nd September 2016 at British Side Language School, in Besiktas,...
Swiss AviationTraining (SAT) has put its new Bombardier C Series full flight simulator into service at its Zurich Airport training base. The simulator, which is the first in Europe to be certificated for pilot training, will be primarily used to train the C Series flightdeck crews of Swiss International Air...
EDM is investing £1.3m to expand its manufacturing facility. The new 18,000 square feet structure is being built at EDM's headquarters in Manchester, UK, to meet the demands of the company's rapidly increasing order book. The purpose-built facility will house up to 40 employees across a range of disciplines and...
Global Training Aviation has reached an agreement with Indra for the construction and operation of an ATR 72-600 simulator. The new simulator will be located on the premises of GTA SENASA in Madrid, along with the existing ATR 72-500 simulator, also manufactured by Indra, and it will complement the training...
EDM welcomed a group of engineering students from the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) last month. Accompanied by lecturers from the university's School of Engineering, the students spent an afternoon at EDM's 100,000 square feet manufacturing facility in Newton Heath, east Manchester, where they were given a guided tour by...
Aviation training specialist Flyco Training Solutions Group has struck an agreement to supply e-learning courseware to Norlandair Iceland. Flyco's LMS will enable Norlandair's pilots to access study material from a portfolio of around 300 courses, at any time, on any device, even when offline. The system will automatically monitor user...
Embraer Executive Jets has delivered the first Phenom 100E to Etihad Flight College, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Etihad Airways. The flight school is in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates and provides ab-initio pilot training for the airline’s expanding fleet. The school is the first to use the aircraft in the initial phase...
India's largest and fastest growing low cost carrier, InterGlobe Aviation Limited (IndiGo) has partnered with CTC Aviation, to launch a new airline pilot career programme to train its future pilots. The IndiGo cadet pilot programme will see successful applicants achieving a dual - NZCAA and Indian DGCA - licence upon...