Fiona has been News Editor for CAT and MS&T Magazines since 2001. She regularly writes and posts news to the website and writes and edits the news digest for the magazines. Additionally, Fiona has written a number of cabin crew features for CAT. Fiona also works on the production side of the magazines, editing and administering the editorial content for all publications. Fiona is Conference Co-ordinator for WATS, EATS and APATS, managing all speaker logistics.

BAA Training & HNCA Open Training Centre in China

June 19, 2020

Fiona Greenyer

Following a Joint Venture agreement between Avia Solution Group PLC and Henan Civil Aviation Development and Investment Company the companies have established the new BAA Training China training centre in Zhangzhou city, Henan province, People’s Republic of China.

Scottish Reservists Train in the Virtual Field

June 18, 2020

Fiona Greenyer

With training having been suspended for the last couple of months, and with it only now beginning to resume again, one Reserve unit is still spending weekends in the field, on vehicles and calling in air strikes on the virtual battlefield.

Pilot Fitness Training Programme Launched

June 18, 2020

Fiona Greenyer

BEFIT2FLY has announced a major new fitness training partnership with ATO SKY4u to deliver a fitness training programme for their staff, customers, students and pilots.

Evoke Expand Partnership with West Atlantic

June 18, 2020

Fiona Greenyer

British software company Evoke are to expand their services with existing customer West Atlantic to the airline’s Swedish partner based in Gothenburg.

Aerodynamics Academy Chooses Simloc’s A320 FTD1

June 18, 2020

Fiona Greenyer

A Simloc A320 flight simulator has been delivered to the new Aerodynamics Academy facilities.

Boeing Conducts First-Ever Astronaut Training in Virtual Reality

June 17, 2020

Fiona Greenyer

Virtual reality headsets from Finnish company Varjo, will be used by Boeing’s Starliner program to augment astronaut training, adding a new dimension to spaceflight preparations.

K-Sim Fast Craft Simulators for Singapore Police Coast Guard

June 17, 2020

Fiona Greenyer

Kongsberg Digital has delivered its first K-Sim Fast Craft simulators to the Singapore Police Coast Guard Training Centre in Singapore.

Transforming Royal Navy Training, For Royal Navy People

June 17, 2020

Fiona Greenyer

An industry and academic alliance is gearing up to make the world’s most renowned naval training, even better.

Skyborne Launches ‘Flying Start’ Initiative

June 17, 2020

Fiona Greenyer

Skyborne Airline Academy is giving prospective cadets a ‘Flying Start’, by temporarily waiving selection fees for all EASA/UKCAA Integrated and Combined Modular ATPL applicants.

Jetav Flight Training Company Selects infoWERK Courseware

June 17, 2020

Fiona Greenyer

infoWERK has provided Romanian company Jetav Flight Training Company SRL with basic pilot training courseware, specifically for PPL training.

WATS 2021 - Call for Papers Closing Soon

The Call for Papers for WATS 2021 will close on 22 January 2021, be sure to submit your presentation abstracts before the deadline.

Air Astana – An Effective ‘Just Culture’

The astonishing events recounted in the incident involving a post-major servicing ferry flight of an Air Astana Embraer 190 aircraft are worthy of huge admiration. The follow up by Air Astana after the close call is equally impressive. Chris Long reports.