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.
Butterfly Training has been certified as a Competency Based Training and Assessment Center of Excellence by the International Air Transport Association. 25 February 2022
Scott McCulloch survived a heart attack in mid-air aboard a Delta Air Lines flight, due to the rigorous training that had been instilled in Delta’s cabin crew. 24 February 2022
After halting construction due to the pandemic, Southwest Airlines is back to work on its $13 million expansion of the Leadership Education and Aircrew Development center. 23 February 2022
Paragon Flight Training, based at Page Field in Fort Myers, Florida, has taken possession of the first of 10 Piper aircraft slated for delivery in 2022. 22 February 2022
Our three conference programmes have been released! Have a look through and plan your visit to the world's largest aviation training summit. 22 February 2022
Leading Edge Aviation (LEAL), in collaboration with Playko Software, have won the Augmented Reality Experience of the Year for their A320 cockpit simulator at the 2021 WebXR Awards, The Polys. 21 February 2022
The Airbus Asia Training Centre has inaugurated its fourth A350 Full Flight Simulator. This sees AATC offer more A350 simulator capacity than any other training centre in the world, the company says. 18 February 2022
AIR BUSAN successfully launched CAE Rise for its flight training operations, making it the first airline in Korea to leverage CAE’s training system based on big data. 18 February 2022
A new partnership between the Auburn University Department of Aviation and United Airlines’ Aviate program will provide students a direct pathway from the classroom to the flight deck. 17 February 2022
Cebu Pacific Air is the first airline customer to sign up for CAE’s new integrated data service offering which for the first time, includes data from a Line Operation Safety Audit. 17 February 2022
Dogged by the debacles of the Boeing MAX and the airline v. telecom battle over 5G signals near airports, FAA Administrator Steve Dickson will leave his post at the end of March, midway through his five-year term. 17 February 2022
ANA Holdings and Joby Aviation are forming a partnership that will see Japan’s largest airline join with Joby to bring aerial ridesharing services to Japan. 16 February 2022
Air traffic service provider NATS has renewed its contract for support services with Micro Nav Limited for the ATC simulation installations at Aberdeen, Glasgow and Manchester Airports. 15 February 2022
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association announced the 2022 You Can Fly Flight Training Experience Award winners during a ceremony at the Aerospace Center for Excellence. 15 February 2022
Spirit Airlines has partnered with ATP Flight School to launch the Spirit Direct Program, which will expand the carrier’s pipeline of professional pilots to include ATP’s more than 2,000 qualified students and flight instructors. 14 February 2022