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.
Andy Smith, CEO and Publisher, Halldale Group, welcomed delegates at the Keynote Session by laying out the foundation for WATS 2021 after an 18 months like no other experienced before. 15 June 2021
After many busy weeks preparing, building up the tradeshow and putting the final touches to the conference spaces, we’re excited to be kicking off our WATS 2021 conference programme at 9.30am! 15 June 2021
Across the 30-plus years that Halldale and CAT have been working with the airline training and simulation community, we thought we had seen it all: terrorism, wars, SARS, volcanoes, 9-11, ebola, plus accidents and incidents. 15 June 2021
On the opening day of the 23rd World Aviation Training Summit (WATS), ALSIM Simulators announced the sale of the special AL250 simulator with Engineering Pack to the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. 15 June 2021
Walt Yates suggests recent technology developments make a game engine a viable option as a platform for simulation-based training in aviation. 15 June 2021
The Australian Government Civil Aviation Safety Authority has proposed Part 60 Manual of Standards amendments for Upset Prevention and Recovery Training and has opened up a survey for feedback. 14 June 2021
Rex, Australia’s largest independent regional and domestic airline, has bought a Boeing 737 Full Flight Simulator (B737 FFS) from Boeing US Training & Flight Services L.L.C. 14 June 2021
ATP Flight School, the nation's largest flight school, has started construction work on a new pilot training center at Page Field (FMY) in Ft. Myers, FL. 14 June 2021
Halldale, the publisher of Civil Aviation Training magazine and producer of WATS, AAETS, APATS and EATS global events, has selected Modest Tree’s full-scale digital event platform Distantly for their upcoming virtual events. 14 June 2021
Quadrant Simulation Systems (QSS), an independent company operating for over 25 years in the flight simulation industry, is celebrating its 25th anniversary; why not come visit them at WATS, booth 422. 13 June 2021
Dr. Christian Popp, MINT Software Systems Chief Customer Officer, was recently named to the National Small Business Association Leadership Council. 11 June 2021
Frontier Airlines, Inc. has teamed up with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University to identify and cultivate the next generation of highly skilled commercial airline pilots. 10 June 2021
Alsim has created the Alsim Airliner, a jet simulator fully designed for MCC and APS MCC training. It has been primarily and entirely thought for pedagogical purposes and meets Competency Based Training standards as outlined by ICAO. 10 June 2021
The eighth cohort of General Authority of Civil Aviation students from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has graduated from air traffic control training with Airways International. 9 June 2021
Bristow Group Inc. is investing in the next generation of offshore helicopter pilots with its latest sponsored UK cadet programme in partnership with Helicentre Aviation, designed to attract, train and retain the professional pilots of the future. 9 June 2021