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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Smart Aviation, a Polish flight school based in Poznan Lawica International Airport, has purched an Alsim AL250. Image courtesy of Alsim The ATO currently operates an Alsim ALX, which was certified in April 2017 and has achieved more than 5500 hours. The Alsim AL250 is a generic and compact... 21 November 2019
Advanced Military Maintenance Repair and Overhaul Center (AMMROC) and CAE have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to pursue training sustainment services and offset opportunities in the Middle East. Image courtesy of CAE Under the MOU, the two companies will cooperate on providing a range of training sustainment services... 20 November 2019
More than 30 airlines have committed to the International Air Transport Association's (IATA) '25by2025', an initiative to increase female employment within the industry. Image courtesy of IATA The announcement came at Wings of Change Europe - a gathering of aviation stakeholders in Berlin, Germany. Airlines pledging to '25by2025' undertake... 20 November 2019
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has called on African governments to focus on safety to allow aviation to drive economic and social development on the continent, enrich people's lives and enable the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDG's). Image courtesy of IATA Safety was one of four... 20 November 2019
CAE will expand its training capacity in the Middle East with the deployment of a new Bombardier Global 7500 full-flight simulator (FFS) to the Emirates-CAE Flight Training Centre (ECFT) in Dubai. Image courtesy of CAE "Through our Authorized Training Provider (ATP) agreement with Bombardier, CAE will deploy a Bombardier... 20 November 2019
German railway group Deutsche Bahn AG (DB) has opened a new training center in Cologne-Dellbrück, the largest and most modern of its kind in Germany. Some 250 apprentices will be trained at the 7,200 square meters facility each year. The centre also makes use of the potential of virtual reality. 19 November 2019
Prince Sultan Aviation Academy (PSAA), the training arm of “Saudi Arabian Airlines Corporation”, has awarded a contract to L3Harris to provide a new A320 Reality Seven Full Flight Simulator and Enhanced Flat Panel Trainer. Image courtesy of L3Harris At the awarding of the contract at the Dubai Air Show,... 19 November 2019
Abu Dhabi Aviation Training Centre (ADATC) and Resource Group have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to create an Aviation Maintenance Training Centre of Excellence (AMTCoE), to serve the UAE and wider regional market. Image courtesy of Resource Group The UAE’s role as a major worldwide transport hub makes... 19 November 2019
Regional Express (Rex) has finalised with ST Engineering the acquisition of its subsidiary Aviation Training Academy Australia Pty Ltd which owns ST Aerospace Academy (Australia) Pty Ltd (STAA(A)). STAA(A) pilot academy was founded over 10 years ago to provide airline cadet pilot training for global carriers. STAA(A) has over... 19 November 2019
Vingroup have adopted Symbiotics’ ADAPT assessment software to assess and select pilots for its courses at its new Vietnamese training centres. Image courtesy of Symbiotics Vingroup, Vietnam’s largest private conglomerate, recently partnered with CAE to set up the VinAviation High-tech Human Resources Training School and Vinpearl Air Flight Training... 16 November 2019
