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In troubling times where companies are looking for more reliable and cost-effective ways to train their personnel, Avion Group can help users set up their own flight training centers at their doorsteps, no investments required. Image credit: Avion Group “Based on our own flight training center experience, we can...   15 April 2020
Skyborne Airline Academy is marking the first anniversary of its EASA Integrated ATPL programme and one year of training for its first intake – Cadet Pilot (CP) 001.   Skyborne has 38 students currently going through its EASA Integrated ATPL programme, with 11 more planned to start in 2020 to...   15 April 2020
Air Canada is reconfiguring the cabins of three of its Boeing 777-300ER aircraft to give them additional cargo capacity to transport vital supplies and necessary cargo amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. The first aircraft conversion is complete and is now in service, with the second and third aircraft to be...   15 April 2020
Legacy Flight Training’s online ground school will now include turbine-powered PA-46 recurrent training. Students registered for their turbine PA-46 training (M600, M500, G1000 and Avidyne Meridian) will also receive a link for interactive ground training that they can complete before their in-aircraft or simulator training. Image credit: Legacy Flight...   15 April 2020
Teams at both of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s residential campuses in Daytona Beach, Florida, and Prescott, Arizona, are fabricating masks and face shields to help protect healthcare workers amid the coronavirus outbreak. Image credit: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Fifty students on the Daytona Beach Campus are fabricating 5,000 face shields using...   15 April 2020
Boeing delivered the first set of reusable 3D-printed face shields to support healthcare professionals working to stop the spread of COVID-19. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) accepted the initial shipment of 2,300 face shields and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will deliver the shields to...   15 April 2020
As the Covid-19 situation continues to affect all of us around the world, Halldale Group has been forced to make the decision to distribute our publications through digital channels only for the remainder of 2020.    Covid 19 has imposed many dramatic changes on us all with almost all...   15 April 2020
Due to customer demand, Avsoft has created an Embraer 195 aircraft systems online pilot course. The course includes 24 modules and covers all major aircraft systems, including components, operations, controls, and indications associated with each system. Each module concludes with a test, and when all the modular tests are...   14 April 2020
American Airlines distributed more than 81,000 pounds of food to food banks across the country through its partnership with Feeding America to help restock their dwindling supplies. Volunteers helped sort food items for families in Fort Worth. All image credits: American Airlines Food banks have seen an uptick in...   14 April 2020
FlightSafety International has applied its manufacturing resources to produce medical safety products and introduced a new online learning approach to support pilot currency requirements and maintenance training during the COVID-19 crisis. All image credits: FlightSafety International “Our teammates at FlightSafety Simulation in Broken Arrow are proud to contribute to...   14 April 2020
Avia Solutions Group organised a big thank you to the world’s health care providers, medical aid and equipment suppliers, and other contributors in the battle with the coronavirus pandemic. The company’s family members from 68 countries around the globe united for one cause – to show gratitude to those...   14 April 2020
FlyRight, a FAA Part-142 Pilot Training Center based in North Carolina, is trying to help pilots and aircraft operators mitigate some of the negative COVID-19 impacts by offering it’s Landing Currency and Flight Review programs at no charge. While the FAA has relaxed certain regulations for pilots, that may...   9 April 2020
The civil aviation training community seems to again be at one of those Dickensian crossroads – “best of times, worst of times.”   9 April 2020
In an article by the Associated Press, Matthew Barakat reported on the humanitarian efforts of 16-year-old TJ Kim, who has flown medical supplies to rural hospitals in the wake of COVID-19. His first delivery was on March 27 to a 25-bed hospital in Luray, Virginia. Image credit: Associated Press...   9 April 2020
TOFINO expands FlightLogger’s presence in France by joining their training management platform. FlightLogger aims to minimize the hassle of starting a new flight school with the latest software and handling the implementation of all required flight training data on the platform, letting the flight school focus on running their...   9 April 2020
UK-based Academy Leading Edge Aviation is using Aviation eLearning’s V360E to create a digital experience for its students. Instructors design and create aviation procedure training and distribute them to students using the same platform (compatible with any LMS). Students can then access their virtual cockpit and take tests on...   9 April 2020
As part of a new “Taking You Home” campaign, Qatar Airways is adding 28 flights to Australia with approximately 48,000 seats from Doha to Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane. On April 4, the Australian government said more than 2 million foreigners on temporary visas, including students, skilled workers, and visitors, should...   9 April 2020
Emirates has received approvals to carry outbound passengers, beginning Monday 6 April, from Dubai Terminal 2 to London Heathrow, Frankfurt, Paris, Brussels and Zurich, with four flights a week to Heathrow, three a week to the other cities. Emirates will also carry belly-hold cargo in both directions, transporting essential...   9 April 2020
Delta Flight Products, the airline’s wholly owned subsidiary, is collaborating with Global Center for Medical Innovation (GCMI), a non-profit affiliate of the Georgia Institute of Technology, to manufacture face shields to protect hospital workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Image credit: Delta Flight Productions Using materials and designs provided by...   8 April 2020
FlightSafety International now provides the ground school portion of its recurrent training programs online through the instructor-led LiveLearning training system. Image credit: FlightSafety International “FlightSafety’s web-based and instructor-led recurrent ground school provides our customers with the benefits of classroom learning and the convenience of taking courses remotely,” said Steve...   8 April 2020