PrivatAir has signed a contract with Saudia Private Aviation (SPA) that will encompass training SPA's existing cabin crew as well as coaching in specific areas of on-board service. The first group of SPA's 20 cabin crew are scheduled to commence their VVIP service training with PrivatAir in early April 2013,...
International Flight Training Center (IFTC) has begun construction on the flight training industry's first 'self-supporting' cabin trainer facility in Antalya, Turkey. A modular building will house a Boeing 737 cabin trainer and will be powered by solar energy. It will feature LED lighting and environmentally friendly cooling and heating systems.
Qatar Airways has turned to Baltic Aviation Academy for the recruitment of new cabin crew members from Baltic states. The initial assessment, gathering participants from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, during which 100 finalists will be selected, was conducted in February, in Vilnius, Lithuania. The one hundred selected candidates will...
Aerosim has announced an agreement with Flybe Training Academy for an Embraer 170/190 and Dash 8 Q400 convertible Aerosim Virtual Procedure Trainer (VPT). This will be Aerosim's first procedure training device that will have the ability to convert between two different aircraft types. Flybe will also receive Aerosim's Virtual Flight...
The highly-successful University Gateway Program, a four-way collaboration with JetBlue Airways, Cape Air, the University of North Dakota (UND) and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU), has added another airline. Atlanta-based ExpressJet Airlines will partner with Cape Air to provide a parallel path for aspiring pilots to join JetBlue. The Gateway Program...
This fall, students in Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's flight programs in Daytona Beach, Florida, and Prescott, Arizona, will receive training in motion-based full flight simulators in preparation for new FAA training requirements. In Daytona Beach, students will be trained in a full motion simulator from FlightSafety International in the campus' Advanced...
CTC Aviation Group (CTC) will be delivering a new airline pilot training programme exclusively for Indian students. Chief executive officer Rob Clarke announced the program during a UK Government market visit led by Prime Minister David Cameron to India. “We are actively engaged with a number of Indian airlines to...
Boeing and Singapore-based SilkAir have announced a five-year exclusive pilot training agreement which will support SilkAir's fleet transition to Boeing airplanes. Boeing Flight Services will provide flight training at Boeing's Singapore training campus for the airline's new 737 fleet.
Baltic Aviation Academy (Lithuania) has signed a partnership agreement with Aviacom Inc., one of the leading providers of general aviation flight simulators in India, as its representative for the Indian subcontinent. EASA approved training courses proposed for the Indian market include Airline Transport Pilot License (ATPL) courses, type rating training,...
EDM is to introduce their new Safety and Emergency Procedure Training Reality Engine (SEPTRE) at WATS 2013. SEPTRE has been designed for use on either fixed or motion based cabin emergency evacuation trainers (CEET's) and is already in service with a significant number of Chinese airlines including Air China, Xiamen...