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Florida Tech First University has acquired an electric-powered Velis Electro, a light aircraft from Pipistrel, making it the first American university to own and fly an electric plane. 10 September 2021
CAE and Air Canada signed an exclusive five-year aircraft maintenance training partnership agreement. As a result, CAE is now Air Canada’s embedded Transport Canada Approved Training Organization for Aircraft Maintenance and Engineering. 10 September 2021
A team of Simulation Science, Games and Animation students got to work this summer in Prescott, Arizona, developing augmented-reality holograms that will eventually play a part in training the next generation of aviators at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. 9 September 2021
Air Pink, a private business jet charter airline based in Belgrade, Serbia, has awarded Avsoft International a long-term contract for ERJ145 online pilot training. 7 September 2021
Skyborne Academy Vero Beach is adding two Redbird MCX Training Simulators to its program. 7 September 2021
L3Harris Technologies has launched the Aviation Industry Recovery Scholarship for select cadets in ATPL training. 6 September 2021
Alsim Simulateurs has been awarded a contract by the Airports Authority of India for the design and production of three FNPT II MCC simulators. 6 September 2021
infoWERK has welcomed a new customer for EMB 145 maintenance training, Westair Aviation, based in Namibia. 6 September 2021
Aerial firefighting requires skill, flexibility, and commitment. 6 September 2021
CAE USA has acquired a minority stake in the flight training operation of SkyWarrior Flight Training LLC, based in Pensacola, Florida. 1 September 2021
The pandemic can impact the proficiency of pilots and cabin attendants, leading to undesirable incidents. 31 August 2021
Leading Edge Aviation launched an in-house engineering and maintenance division, Leading Edge Aviation Engineering. 27 August 2021
Barbers Point Flight School, located on Kalaeloa, Oahu, at John Rodgers Airfield, acquired a high fidelity Alsim AL172 simulator. This is now Alsim’s first simulator based in Hawaii. 26 August 2021
Hans Airways has entered into a partnership with Resource Group, allowing the UK-based start-up airline to commence the recruitment process for the flight crews it needs to continue gaining its UK Air Operator Certificate later this year. 26 August 2021
Officials from Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology and the Cherokee Nation have formed an educational partnership. 25 August 2021
Deutsche Aircraft, a new purpose-driven German aircraft Original Equipment Manufacturer, and AERO-Bildung, the aviation training centre of Bavaria, have signed an agreement to jointly train future aviation mechanics. 25 August 2021
American Airlines is pausing its plans to centralize pilot training in Texas due to the rapid increase in demand and unprecedented growth in passenger travel since early Spring. 24 August 2021
Virtual reality simulation training company VRAI have won the Muckle ScaleUp High Growth Award from the StartUp Awards North East. 24 August 2021
For the seventh year in a row, Women in Aviation International received a $12,500 grant from The International Society of Transport Aircraft Training Foundation, which funds educational programs that advance commercial aviation. 24 August 2021
Advanced Simulation Technology inc. introduced an X-Plane ownship plug-in to its Simulated Environment for Realistic ATC product, which provides SERA with all the necessary simulation parameters from X-Plane. 23 August 2021