Bill Johnson, Ph.D., the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA’s) chief scientific and technical adviser for human factors in aircraft maintenance systems, was honored with the Flight Safety Foundation–Airbus Human Factors in Aviation Safety Award. The award, presented on the first day of the Foundation’s 71st annual International Air Safety Summit (IASS),...
CAE is to acquire Bombardier’s Business Aircraft Training (BAT) business for an enterprise value of US$645 million, expanding its ability to address the training market for customers operating Bombardier business jets, which at more than 4,800 aircraft, is one of the largest and most valuable in-service fleets of business aircraft...
AFI KLM E&M subsidiary is delighted to announce the addition of the Boeing 737 MAX to its EASA Part 145 Approval. KLM UK Engineering is a European provider in the regional jets and narrow body aircraft market, and having an internationally acknowledged expertise on the Boeing 737, Embraer 170/190,...
AeroStar Training Services, LLC has finalized an agreement with ECA Group at this year’s EATS conference in Madrid, to bring iPad-based FMS free play training technology to Airbus A320 and Boeing B737 type rating candidates. This is ECA Group’s solution to training centers’ need for FMS familiarization tools. It...
Multi Pilot Simulations (MPS) has entered into an agreement with Flight Training Europe Jerez, (FTEJerez) to operate an A320 FTD from their Flight Training Centre in Jerez, Spain. FTEJerez will use the A320 FTD in its future Type Rating and MPL courses. FTE’s CEO, Óscar Sordo Díaz: “We are very...
Multi Pilot Simulations (MPS) has entered into an agreement with SIM4u Aviation Services in Berlin to build and install an MPS A320 FTD. This advanced Fixed Base Simulator will also be installed at SIM4u’s facilities in Berlin. MPS already supplied a B737 FSTD to SIM4u’s current Training Center. SIM4u’s...
Virtual Aviation Flight Training has placed an order with Multi Pilot Simulations (MPS) for a new Airbus A320 FTD1 flight simulator, which will be delivered and installed in February 2019. The new simulator will allow Virtual Aviation to offer a range of new training services to Airbus operators. It...
A Pilot Pathway Agreement between aviation training pioneer, Pan Am International Flight Academy (PAIFA), headquartered in Miami, and ExpressJet Airlines was signed providing Pan Am’s Career Pilot Academy’s Certified Flight Instructors (CFI) an opportunity for future employment at ExpressJet. “We are excited to join Pan Am International Flight Academy...
TRU is expanding its portfolio through several new wins, including a contract for a Level D A320 full flight simulator (FFS) with Avengers Flight Group, an approved training organization with growing network of training centers in Mexico and United States, and a contract for a Level D A320 FFS with...
CAE announced today at the 2018 European Airline Training Symposium (EATS), that it has signed a long-term training contract with easyJet valued at more than C$170 million over the next 10 years. Under the agreement, all of easyJet’s pilots will train at CAE, which will expand its training network...