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.
Global One Training Group has upgraded its Boeing 737-300 FFS and has received the FAA Certification for Upset Prevention and Recovery Training. 7 April 2022
Alsim is strengthening its presence in Canada as Executive Compass Flight Institute, located in Pitt Meadows Airport, Canada, has recently bought an Alsim AL250 simulator. 7 April 2022
FTA Global, a pilot training school based at Brighton Airport on the English South Coast, has entered into a partnership with Fantasy Wings, a programme that aims to get more Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic people and Women into aviation. 7 April 2022
AeroGuard Flight Training Center has released its new FAA-Approved Reduced Hours Commercial Pilot Course, focused on saving aspiring future commercial pilots time and expense in their training. 6 April 2022
The US Congress continues to make deliberate, incremental progress in helping to create policies, procedures and programs to support US eVTOL operations. 6 April 2022
Through its partnership with SkyWest Airlines, AeroGuard Flight Training Center is now able to provide a clear path to four major airlines. 5 April 2022
FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. is teaming up with Elroy Air, the company building the first end-to-end autonomous vertical take-off and landing aerial cargo system. 1 April 2022
Stephanie Pope has been appointed as president and CEO of Boeing Global Services, succeeding Ted Colbert, who has now become the chief executive officer of Boeing’s Defense, Space and Security business. 31 March 2022
Preliminary February 2022 traffic figures released by the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines shows ongoing weakness in international air passenger markets, and the director general is asking for relaxed travel restrictions to aid in recovery. 31 March 2022
Air Corporate, one of the biggest operators in Italy, has completed the purchase of two Flight Training Devices (FTDs) Level 3 simulators based on the H125 and H145 helicopters. 30 March 2022
Bite-size info bits, realistic training equipment and self-defense lessons. Rona Gindin explores some growing parts of cabin crew training. 30 March 2022
A new Airbus A320 Flight Training Device Level 2 is ready for training at BAA Training Spain and is one of a few devices of this kind in Europe with Level 2 certification. 29 March 2022
Manasik Aviation, a new airline based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, has awarded Avsoft International a long-term contract for CRJ-900 online pilot training. 29 March 2022