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.
Alexander Bradley, Managing Director, Cobra Simulation (Bathgate, Scotland), responds to five questions posed by Marty Kauchak, Halldale Media Group Editor. 8 June 2021
Entrol has sold an H11 / H135 FNPT II MCC simulator to World Aviation. It will be installed at World Aviation's training facilities in Cuatro Vientos Airport, Madrid. 8 June 2021
Air taxis will be a success with passengers, once they are approved and commercially viable but only if safety is the top priority for operators and manufacturers, new global research for Horizon Aircraft shows. 8 June 2021
The format for this year’s Asian Aviation and Education Training Symposium (AAETS) was modified, as the title suggests, to adjust to the world of Covid-19 by going virtual. 7 June 2021
Prodigy Avia Solutions is establishing a new Independent Simulator Training Center for West and Central Africa – Prodigy Aviation Training Centre, which will start operations in Accra, Ghana, in 2021 with a Boeing B737 Classic Full Flight Simulator subject to GCAA initial certification. 7 June 2021
FlightSafety International has qualified its new Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 MAX simulators, which are now available at FlightSafety’s Dallas North Learning Center. 7 June 2021
United Airlines is entering into a commercial agreement with Denver-based aerospace company Boom Supersonic to add aircraft to its global fleet as well as a cooperative sustainability initiative – a move that facilitates a leap forward in returning supersonic speeds to aviation. 3 June 2021
Reiser Simulation and Training's newest Airbus H135 full flight simulator was initially qualified to the highest standard Level D by the German Federal Aviation Office according to European Aviation Safety Agency regulations. 3 June 2021
Near Earth Autonomy and Volocopter’s VoloDrone team are partnering to test Near Earth Autonomy’s autonomous flight technology on Volocopter’s electric vertical take-off and landing VoloDrone aircraft. 3 June 2021
The European Business Aviation Association notes the study on business aviation by Transport & Environment and points out the European sector has been working diligently and successfully towards decarbonisation through its own commitment on climate change since 2009. 3 June 2021
EUROCONTROL has issued a new forecast looking at the possible evolution of domestic and international air traffic in Europe over the coming four years taking into account the expected evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic. 2 June 2021
International Development of Technology and Starr Consulting Services have signed an agreement for the exclusive provision of specialised safety-related aviation training services, including Upset Prevention & Recovery Training and Final Approach Standardisation Training. 2 June 2021
A new rule from the Federal Aviation Administration will enable the sharing of pilot records among employers in an electronic database maintained by the agency. 1 June 2021
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency has issued a Safety Information Bulletin with respect to operations in Belarus airspace, following the incident involving Ryanair flight FR4978 on 23 May 2021. 1 June 2021
Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary called the diversion-by-force of Flight 4798 a "state-sponsored hijacking". CAT Editor Rick Adams, FRAeS, asks how offended governments will respond. 1 June 2021
We hosted an informative third installment of our CAT Leader Forum Webinar Series on Evidence Based Training and Competency-Based Training and Assessment protocols, here is what you missed. 1 June 2021
Tulmar Safety Systems is expanding its aviation training slides product line through the acquisition of products and technologies from Icarus Training Systems of the United Kingdom. 31 May 2021