Patrick Johnston
Patrick Johnston is an experienced journalist having reported and edited on a wide range of news, sport and lifestyle stories over a 12 year career at Reuters. He specializes in digital storytelling and holds a First Class Master's degree in Media and Communications from City, University in London.
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TAP Air Portugal have purchased a V9000 Commander™ Next-Generation fire trainer from Flame Aviation. The simulator, which will be located outside at the TAP headquarters near Lisbon Airport, will be equipped with a large observation area to allow up to 25 trainees to follow proceedings. "TAP Air Portugal has... 18 December 2019
Pilot trainers Simaero have bought two ATR 42/72 Full Flight Simulators (FFS) to support its existing fleet in Paris and Johannesburg. The first FFS will be ready for training at the Simaero Paris CDG training center on January 1. It will address training requirements for the ATR72-500 type. The... 17 December 2019
Boeing 737 MAX Boeing are to temporarily pause production of the grounded 737 Max airliner in January. The company said it would focus on selling stored aircraft which have been built over the nine months since the airline was grounded following two fatal crashes. "Throughout the grounding of the... 17 December 2019
Lee Woodward and Hemanth DP Skyborne Airline Academy has selected Asia Pacific Flight Training Academy Limited (APFTAL) India to conduct the US FAA to India DGCA Flight Licence Conversion (FLC) part of its IndiGo Cadet Pilot Programme. Taking fewer than six weeks to complete, this phase provides cadets with... 9 December 2019
Picture courtesy of Emirates CAE have sold two Boeing 777X full-flight simulators and associated training suites of the CAE XR Series models to Emirates. The carrier also has options for four additional training suites. With orders of 126 Boeing 777X aircraft, Emirates is the biggest customer of the new... 8 December 2019
BAA Training have signed an agreement with ENAC (Ecole Nationale de l’Aviation Civile) to teach ATPL Integrated theoretical training to ENAC students. ENAC offers ATPL and MPL to pilots from airlines including Air France, China Eastern, Oman Air and Royal Air Maroc. It prepares 180 Airline pilots and 75... 5 December 2019
VR integrator Antycip Simulation has helped deliver a virtual immersion room at l’École Supérieure des Arts et Métiers (Les Arts et Métiers). The French school trains more than 6,000 students each year, mostly engineers in the fields of industry, research, and socio-economics. Through training, 14 laboratories and partnership research,... 5 December 2019
Dutch defence, shipbuilding and engineering company Damen will work with VSTEP Simulation to build a laboratory to explore simulation solutions in the maritime industry. 5 December 2019
Image courtesy of Japan Transocean Air ST Engineering has secured a 15-year engine maintenance-By-the-Hour (MBHTM) contract from Japan Transocean Air. The Singaporean company will provide an integrated suite of engine MRO solutions. These include off-wing maintenance support, on-wing services and technical support to the airline’s Boeing 737NG fleet. These... 4 December 2019
Aviation Academy Austria (AAA)'s new CJ1+ full flight simulator has received successful certification. The EASA Level D simulator is based at the AAA training facilities next to Vienna International Airport. "Modernizing our Citation C525 training with this new state-of-the-art device will provide our customers the highest level of training,"... 4 December 2019
