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17 June 2025 Patrick Johnston Singapore Airlines Group will hire 300 former Jetstar Asia employees—100 pilots and 200 cabin crew—following the low-cost carrier's announcement that it will cease operations on July 31, 2025, creating one of the largest workforce transitions in recent Asia-Pacific aviation history and generating significant demand for simulation training services.
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In Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Spatial Disorientation Laboratory, flight student Nella Filipkova wears a virtual reality headset as the device she is seated in rapidly whirls around. 18 November 2022
ATP Flight School took delivery of five new Cessna Skyhawks and surpassed the fleet milestone of 500 aircraft. 18 November 2022
Archer Aviation Inc. publicly unveiled its production aircraft, Midnight, a pilot-plus-four-passenger electric vertical take-off landing aircraft during its Open House event in Palo Alto, California. 18 November 2022
Aviomar, a European flight academy, has selected VRpilot to deliver virtual reality procedure training tools for their Ryanair mentored APS MCC course on the Boeing 737NG. 17 November 2022
CAE is investing in its Canadian pilot training network to meet the increased demand for pilots with the upcoming deployment of a B777 full-flight simulator (FFS) at its Toronto training centre. The move follows the installation and start of customer training on new B737 MAX and B787 FFSs at the expanded Toronto site. 16 November 2022
Professor Susan Durbin and her team have won the ESRC 2022 Celebrating Impact Prize for their research into the under-representation of women in the UK aviation and aerospace industry. Their work includes the development of alta, an industry-wide mentoring scheme that supports women to build their careers in a traditionally male-dominated profession. 16 November 2022
SkyArt’s A320-321 neo Cabin Emergency Evacuation Trainer Simulator (CEET) device has been chosen for Air Astana and will be installed in Air Astana’s new training center opening in 2023. 16 November 2022
Six successful candidates will secure a completely funded place on the Leading Edge Aviation LEAP course. After completing pilot training and gaining their Commercial Pilot Licence, the graduates will undertake Flight Instructor training and take up a salaried post within the Leading Edge Aviation Flight Instructor team for a minimum of two years. 15 November 2022
FTEJerez has entered into a new partnership agreement with Jazeera Airways, the expanding airline based in Kuwait. 14 November 2022
Thirteen students graduated from the Latvian national airline’s airBaltic Pilot Academy, receiving a commercial pilot license upon completion of the full-time airline transport pilot program. 14 November 2022
Redbird Flight is adding 25 new flight simulator lessons designed to supplement the 10th- and 11th-grade course material in the AOPA High School Aviation STEM Curriculum. 14 November 2022
Navigraph has released Navigraph Charts 8, a software solution for flight simulator pilots to view, search and organize Jeppesen charts. 14 November 2022
The signing ceremony between Mermoz Academy and SkyArt was held during the European Airline Training Symposium (EATS) in Berlin, Germany, regarding the procurement of the A320 Cabin Emergency Evacuation Trainer and A350 Door Trainer. 14 November 2022
Wings Airline Academy has been approved by Meritize to offer specifically designed student loans for US students pursing their commercial pilots license. 14 November 2022
Latitude Aviation English Services and Symbiotics have partnered to provide a spoken English language assessment directly from the ADAPT platform. 14 November 2022
Show us the data of what training curricula delivers a competent pilot, CAT Editor Rick Adams, FRAeS challenges. 14 November 2022
Simthetiq’s X2 Visual System, powered by the aXion image generator, has been selected for two Level D Airbus A320 Full Flight Simulators that have been delivered to Quadrant in the United Kingdom and Pier 7 in the United Arab Emirates. 11 November 2022
The UK’s largest regional airline Loganair has been recognised by the Ministry of Defence and presented with a Silver Employer Recognition Scheme Award for the opportunities it provides for the armed forces community. 11 November 2022
In October 2022, Coptersafety’s H145 D-2, CAE AW139, and TRU AW139 full-flight simulators were qualified to Level-D by the Federal Aviation Administration National Simulator Program. 10 November 2022
Air Century, an air charter operator located in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, has awarded Avsoft International a contract to deliver aircraft systems and general subject courses for online pilot training. 10 November 2022