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HELICOPTER Airbus Helicopters Japan has inaugurated Japan's first full flight simulator (FFS) for helicopters, now ready for service at its facilities located in the Kobe Airport vicinity. The simulator is configured to represent Airbus Helicopters' light twin-engine EC135 P2+ rotorcraft, and has received Level C certification from the Japan Civil...   7 July 2014
MAINTENANCE Aviation Australia has joined forces with the University of Southern Queensland (USQ) to launch a new management degree tailor made for aircraft maintenance engineers. The new Bachelor of Business (Aircraft Maintenance Management) qualification is the result of close collaboration between Aviation Australia and USQ to address industry requirements for...   7 July 2014
PILOT TRAINING Cessna Aircraft Company has announced a collaboration between Cessna and Liberty University to complement Liberty’s School of Aeronautics flight training program. Under this agreement, students who enrol in flight training at qualifying Cessna Pilot Centers can also enrol in Liberty’s online courses leading to a bachelor’s degree in...   7 July 2014
LANGUAGE TRAINING All Nippon Airways (ANA) and EF Education First (EF) have signed a partnership agreement for EF to provide English language training via its cloud-based school to ANA employees, including cabin attendants, to enhance their ability to succeed in the global business environment. The agreement is part of ANA’s...   7 July 2014
SOFTWARE Peak Pacific Limited has launched ‘clear’, a new suite of competency-based grading software aimed at providing quality training data and analysis for the aviation industry. Based on a modular-design, ‘clear’ is a competency-based grading system with seamless online and offline capabilities. Built with industry inputs, the ‘clear’ suite will...   7 July 2014
PILOT TRAINING Aerosim Flight Academy has partnered with Piedmont Airlines to deliver first officer pilots via its Airline Pilot Pathway Program. The program provides cadets with a guaranteed job interview and the appropriate pilot training for successful employment at Piedmont Airlines. The Piedmont Pilot Pathway Program includes a dedicated screening...   7 July 2014
SOFTWARE Britannica Knowledge Systems, the developer of the Fox Training Management System, has revealed powerful advances in the area of aviation training operations management. The new release, specialized for the aviation sector, contains multiple developments and refinements in the areas of cloud computing; mobile applications for field examinations and other...   7 July 2014
MAINTENANCE The University of Limerick (UL), Ireland, has recently launched its Bachelor of Technology in Aircraft Maintenance and Operations aimed initially at the international student undergraduate market. The Bachelor of Technology is a four-year honours degree programme offering a unique blend of academic and on-aircraft, industry-focused content, designed to equip students for...   7 July 2014
L-3 Link Simulation & Training (L-3 Link) will be adding a new ATR 72-600 full flight simulator (FFS) to the Asian Aviation Training Centre (AATC) in Bangkok, Thailand. The FFS, in addition to an ATR 72-600 flat panel trainer (FPT), will be ready for training before the end of the...   7 July 2014
PILOT TRAINING Airbus and Indonesia’s Lion Group have committed to partner on a Training Centre Services Agreement to develop flight training programmes for Lion Group carriers in accordance with Airbus and European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) standards. Under the terms of the agreement, Airbus will be providing syllabi, training documentation, tools and...   7 July 2014