BAA Training has become the first in the Baltic states to operate an Airbus A320 door and slide trainer at its headquarters in Vilnius, Lithuania. “At the moment, there are 331 airlines operating 7,527 A320 Family aircraft worldwide, 7,258 of which are operable A320 planes. In 2016, Airbus had...
On 1 March 2018, ECS officially celebrated the grand opening of its new Huntsville, Alabama office in Cummings Research Park, which will focus on Aerospace programmes. The office will support ECS’ clients with cost-effective, quality products and services covering engineering, software development, 3D visualisation, augmented reality and virtual reality,...
Following Merlin Flight Simulation Group’s successful international IT FLIES student aircraft design and handling competition at the UK’s University of Manchester in 2017, the group has confirmed the location will remain the same for 2018. Charles-Antoine Lassonnery, current President of The University of Manchester’s Flight Simulation Society, which is...
Peach Aviation Limited (Peach) has announced plans to begin offering in-house training to pilots right from their initial steps towards obtaining their licenses. To date, Peach has hired pilots who have graduated from aviation universities or taken pilot courses at private universities and obtained the necessary licenses to fly...
Alsim has sold an AL250 FNPT II simulator in the SEP/MEP configuration to its first Israeli customer, Sky Trainer Ltd. The AL250 will be installed in March 2018 and operated under Sky Trainer Ltd., an advanced simulator and pilot centre which operates in conjunction with Israel’s largest flight school,...
UK-based Flyco Group is working in cooperation with BAA Training Academy to provide its newest customer – Kloten, Switzerland-based Helvetic Airways – with E-training systems and courseware. Helvetic Airways will use Flyco’s Advanced Learning Management System (A-LMS) and an extensive e-library of its courses for to train flight and...
Halldale’s Business Manager Michelle Viens catches up with Zenia Bharucha, GoJet Airlines’ Manager of Pilot Recruiting (pictured) to find out the most common interview mistakes made by aspiring pilots and get some top tips for interview success. GoJet Airlines is sponsoring the Student Education and Careers in Aviation (SECA)...
Rostock System-Technik GmbH (RST) has been selected to build door trainers for Hong Kong Airlines which will be used to train crew on its Airbus A320, A330 and A350 aircraft. Each of the door trainers consists of a 1L main entry door with all functions available as per each...
In response to customer demand, Avsoft has released a new general subjects course for pilots in relation to Automatic Dependent Surveillance- Broadcast (ADS-B) surveillance technology. Avsoft’s new ADS-B course explores the important concepts, definitions, limitations, components, and procedures related to ADS-B surveillance technology. Topics discussed include system descriptions of...
Pictured (left to right): Dominique MINEO, CEO of CEFA Aviation; and John Mansfield, Chief Digital Officer of GE Aviation CEFA Aviation and GE Aviation have come together to provide customers with a higher fidelity of data for airline flight safety analysis, operational efficiency and pilot training in a partnership...