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PILOT TRAINING Etihad Airways is establishing the Etihad Flight College, a flight training facility in the United Arab Emirates for Emirati and international cadet pilots. As a first step in establishing this college, Etihad Airways is in the process of acquiring the fixed wing training division from Horizon International Flight... 8 September 2014
PILOT TRAINING Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd. has announced that Vision Technologies Aerospace Incorporated (VT Aerospace) has acquired 100% equity interest in Aviation Academy of America, Inc. Following the acquisition, Aviation Academy of America, Inc. will become a wholly owned subsidiary of VT Aerospace. The acquisition is part of the Group's... 8 September 2014
MAINTENANCE FL Technics Training has received an Aviation Technical Training Organization Certificate from the Civil Aviation Authority of the Republic of El Salvador. The certificate makes the company eligible to provide EASA Part-147-certified Base, Type and Specialized technical training courses for carriers, MROs and other players of the Salvadoran aviation... 8 September 2014
ARRIVALS & DEPARTURES CTC Aviation has appointed Anthony Petteford FRAES as Group Chief Commercial Officer effective 1 July 2014. Anthony leads the Group marketing team, product innovation and services development, customer experience, information and media systems and also heads the development and implementation of key Group strategic growth projects. Anthony... 8 September 2014
HELICOPTER The first Level D full flight simulator for Airbus Helicopters' EC175 rotorcraft has received airworthiness certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), enabling launch pilots to be trained with this high-fidelity system. Located at the Helisim Training Academy adjacent to Airbus Helicopters' headquarters and production facility at Marignane,... 8 September 2014
ATC TRAINING The Bulgarian Air Traffic Services Authority, BULATSA has completed factory acceptance testing of its Micro Nav 3D tower and radar simulator. The simulator is due to be installed in the Sofia control centre during July of this year. The contract includes: 16 dual-role radar and tower controller workstations;... 8 September 2014
PILOT TRAINING Florida Institute of Technology is launching a new online graduate degree program in Fall 2014 that is designed for adult working professionals in public, private or military aviation-related professions where advanced, graduate-level knowledge of aviation management concepts is a key to success. The new degree, Master of Science... 8 September 2014
HELICOPTER The Thales Training Academy has received its final EASA FSTD Operator qualification by the French Aviation Safety Agency (DGAC), and is now operational to deliver training for civil helicopter operators. The academy is the first European training centre to operate the AS350 full flight simulator. Located in Albertville, the... 8 September 2014
FlightSafety International has promoted Brian Moore to assistant manager of the company's Cessna Learning Center in Wichita, Kansas. He succeeds Randy Annett who has been promoted to manager of FlightSafety's Learning Center in Tucson, Arizona. John Cameron has joined the company as Regional Director, Business Development, Commercial Simulation. He will... 8 September 2014
AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL Airways New Zealand has announced an exclusive partnership with the Civil Aviation Management Institute of China (CAMIC) for the delivery of air traffic control short courses in China. Madam Xiaomei Sun, president of CAMIC, said the partnership will expand business opportunities in the Chinese market for both organisations. 8 September 2014
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