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28 July 2025 CAT Guest Author Experts explore XR integration in aviation training, focusing on safety, usability, fidelity, and learning outcomes.
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StaplesVR is raising $7M to expand its immersive training platform for aviation, defense, and emergency services. 8 April 2025
FTD.aero's A320 simulator was installed at Urbe Aero Academy, enhancing pilot training capabilities at Roma Urbe Airport. 8 April 2025
Entrol has launched a new MR Hoist Operator Station to enhance mission-critical training using immersive mixed reality. 8 April 2025
Don’t let the timeline fool you. While it was the day prior to the start of WATS 2025, the author was able to dodge carts and set-up crews to file this report on two community developments. 8 April 2025
ATP Flight School announced that Jacqueline Cako is the 2025 recipient of the Kylie Murray Memorial Women in Aviation International (WAI) Scholarship. 8 April 2025
Gen24 FLYBIZ signed a deal for Simnest’s A320 simulator, the first to operate in Asia, at its new Mumbai center. 7 April 2025
IFOA India launched a flight operations training program at Indian Aviation Academy to address workforce needs. 7 April 2025
Pan Am Flight Academy selected Avsoft to provide tailored aircraft systems courseware for simulator-based pilot training. 7 April 2025
Mario Pierobon explored AI's role in aviation training, highlighting its potential, challenges, and the need for human oversight. 7 April 2025
Tanja Schmidt began her role with the International Air Transport Association in September 2024, inheriting a department which manages hundreds of training courses across dozens of airline-related categories. She sat down with Rick Adams to discuss how the role is going and what training changes are coming. 7 April 2025
Robinson Helicopter Company partnered with Operation Helo to improve disaster response training and humanitarian flight operations. 4 April 2025
Leading Edge Aviation partnered with Titan Airways to recruit graduate pilots directly for the 2025 intake. 4 April 2025
Atlantic Airways has opened a flight training centre in the Faroe Islands featuring Thales’s advanced AW139 simulator. 4 April 2025
Alaska Airlines has partnered with Loft Dynamics to develop full-motion VR simulators for Boeing 737 pilot training. 4 April 2025
Marty Kauchak examined how North America is tackling the shortage of aviation maintenance technicians through recruitment, training, and retention strategies. 4 April 2025
IT FLIES UK 2025 challenges students to design and test aircraft using advanced flight simulators. 3 April 2025
The University of Hertfordshire adds three ALSIM AL250 flight simulators to advance pilot and engineering training. 3 April 2025
America’s air traffic control system faces urgent modernization needs, with outdated technology and staffing shortages threatening safety and efficiency. 3 April 2025
Aeromedic highlighted the growing role of crew training in managing advanced onboard medical equipment, including telemedicine tools, to enhance passenger safety. 3 April 2025
Skyborne welcomes 40 new cadets to IndiGo’s pilot program, marking the largest intake in the partnership’s history. 2 April 2025