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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.
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SESAR Digital Academy to nurture Europe’s brightest minds. Aimee Turner talked with ATM Chief David Bowen. 11 May 2020
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has created an Unmanned Aircraft Systems Collegiate Training Initiative (UAS-CTI) to address the Section 631 requirement of the FAA 2018 Reauthorization Act. The Unmanned Aircraft Systems Collegiate Training Initiative (UAS-CTI), is designed for universities, colleges, and technical schools by the FAA to recognize institutions... 6 May 2020
Air Canada has launched Air Canada CleanCare+, a personal safety and enhanced aircraft grooming program to provide customers greater peace of mind during all stages of travel. The new program is designed to reduce the risk of exposure to COVID-19 through such measures as mandatory pre-flight customer temperature checks... 6 May 2020
United Airlines is teaming up with Listos California – a campaign by the Governor's Office of Emergency Services that helps vulnerable Californians prepare for disasters – to help address the significant health risks faced by older state residents isolated during the COVID-19 pandemic. Approximately 300 of the company's employees... 6 May 2020
FlightSafety International is now offering the ground school portion of its recurrent pilot training programs online through its instructor-led LiveLearning training system. 6 May 2020
Waterloo Wellington Flight Centre in central Ontario, Canada voluntarily ceased operations 17 March in response to the spreading Covid-19 pandemic at a most inopportune time – toward the end of the centre’s semester. Group Editor Marty Kauchak writes. 6 May 2020
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) has published a state-by-state resource to help alleviate some of the burdensome research pilots might be forced to do to understand if they can continue flying in their state. Many pilots have been grounded and are unsure of how to navigate the... 5 May 2020
Airways International Ltd has been selected by Avinor Air Navigation Services (ANS) to deliver TotalControl simulator systems at six air traffic control units throughout Norway. 5 May 2020
Due to the urgent need to reduce the risks related to the COVID -19 pandemic by air transport and as a result of social distancing practices, closure of workspaces and other public health intervention measures, a number of States are taking various actions to enable service providers and personnel... 4 May 2020
The Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Foundation is now accepting nominations for the 2020 Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Award, honoring a leader in global aviation safety. The Award is scheduled to be presented during the 73nd Annual International Air Safety Summit, taking place October 19-21 in Paris, France. 4 May 2020
In response to the serious impacts being felt across the international civil aviation sector as a result of COVID-19, and the need for wide-ranging government and industry coordination to help reconnect the world, representatives from the 36 countries on the Governing Council of the UN International Civil Aviation Organization... 4 May 2020
The University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES), based in Princess Anne, Maryland, is now using Avsoft International online courses for student education in its Aviation Science Professional Pilot program. 4 May 2020
Halldale Group Editor Marty Kauchak interviewed Cameron Curtis, CMM, CAE, President & CEO of Association of Air Medical Services & Medevac Foundation International, and Deborah Boudreaux, AAMS Board Chair, Chair and Director of Teddy Bear Transport, Cook Children's Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas. “This has been a team... 4 May 2020
In the context of an aging workforce and evolving aircraft, the MRO industry needs to be proactive in the implementation of initiatives to support maintenance recruitment, training, and personnel retention. Mario Pierobon examines the issues. 4 May 2020
We expect there to be some exceptional talent amongst them – passionate young men and women to learn from the best, to become the best” - Qantas Group CEO Alan Joyce at the opening of the Qantas Group Pilot Training Academy. Keith Morgan reports from Toowoomba, Australia. 4 May 2020
In response to COVID-19, 2FLY Group is offering a limited number of scholarships to aspiring pilots who enrol within the next few months on either an FAA Career Pilot Program of an EASA Pro-Pilot Airline Programme. Having witnessed similar crises before where the aviation industry bounces back and resumes... 4 May 2020
Canadian pilot school, International Pilot Academy, has become another academy in the country to launch FlightLogger’s flight school management and operations platform. Under normal circumstances, FlightLogger flies out from its base in Aarhus, Denmark to carry out the setup and training during a tightly packed two-day session. This time,... 30 April 2020
One positive element about the current situation is having a bit more time to do documentation. The global simulator manufacturer ALSIM is taking advantage of this unique time of lockdowns and restricted travel to work on many new projects related to their flight training devices and support. They recently... 30 April 2020
One way to plan survival in the coronavirus world is to rapidly adapt to the new paradigm. 30 April 2020
In these unprecedented times where most airline flight crew are not flying, VRpilot, a Danish aerospace startup, has begun user testing of their interactive virtual reality cockpit procedure trainer, VRflow. 30 April 2020