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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Hong Kong Airlines has opened its new HKA Training Academy (HKATA) at the airport island of Chek Lap Kok. The facility has 12 aircraft simulator bays, an eight-metre-high multi-function training hall and 24 training classrooms. It also has a 25-metre swimming pool for evacuation, safety and service training. HKATA... 26 September 2019
Spatial's ATR Emergency Evacuation Trainer for Cebu Pacific has passed its Factory Acceptance Test. This is the third device the cabin crew training simulator experts has manufactured for Cebu Pacific. It covers all of the cabin exits in the aircraft. 26 September 2019
Airbus Services has launched a new Structure Training offer focusing on composite materials. It said its tailored approach was in reaction to next-generation aircraft with advanced materials requiring new skills for damage assessment, inspection procedures and repair activities. The modular approach and learning path per job profile will begin... 25 September 2019
Leonardo will build a customer support center if selected for the United States Navy’s Advanced Helicopter Training System TH-73. The center would be in Whiting Aviation Park, a 269-acre planned development adjacent to Naval Air Station Whiting Field, where all helicopter pilots for the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast... 25 September 2019
FlyPeople and Italy's Aviomar Flight Academy have agreed a training partnership to provide cabin crew courses in Rome. The courses include four and six-day attestation as well as the beVIP cabin crew training course dedicated to corporate VIP flight attendants. The first course is schedule for October at Aviomar’s... 25 September 2019
ALSIM has installed an AL42 simulator to Leading Edge Aviation, an aviation academy in Oxford, England. The ALSIM AL42 is an exact replica of the Diamond DA42. Built using aircraft parts and fitted with the latest Garmin G1000 avionics suite, it comes with latest visual system, GFC 700 autopilot... 25 September 2019
Spanish flight academy FLYBYSCHOOL has been awarded FNPT II MCC certification for its Entrol en-4000 simulator. FLYBYSCHOOL is the launching customer for Entrol's new en-4000 simulator, which features SEP, MEP and JET configurations. The simulator's SEP and MEP configurations have dual GTN 650 for PBN and LPV courses which... 25 September 2019
Greek airline Orange2fly has obtained an EASA Approved Training Organization (ATO) certification. This initial certification from the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (EL-ATO-017) contains approvals for AIRBUS A320 Initial Type Rating training, Revalidation and Renewal, MCC, CCQ to A320. It also includes Type Rating Instructor and Synthetic Flight Instructor training. ... 25 September 2019
Uzbekistan have had a Thales flight simulator for Ecureuil helicopters (AS350/H125) installed at Karshi Air Force Base. The simulator will provide emergency procedures training and initial training for pilots of the Uzbek Air Force. The Karshi base will be home to the country's first training academy. Senior officials from... 24 September 2019
Airbus have predicted the world’s passenger and freighter aircraft fleet will more than double to almost 48,000 by 2038. With traffic growing at 4.3% annually, 550,000 new pilots and 640,000 new technicians are required to meet demand, Airbus added. The company said air traffic had shown resilience to economic... 24 September 2019
