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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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I’ve always tried to apply the philosophy of what’s past is past, let’s deal with the future with the resources available to us. 27 April 2020
Only three years ago, UAE-based Spatial was the relatively new kid on the block. It is already in the top tier of suppliers. Chris Long reports from Ras Al Khaimah. 27 April 2020
Is UPRT working? Capt. Art Ziccardi, veteran international instructor, says “Yes, a good industry start, but the program is not without some turbulence. Loss of reliable airspeed simulator training remains problematic.” 24 April 2020
So, here we are nearly ten years on from the first publication of the IATA Guidance Material and Best Practices for Pilot Aptitude Testing, putting selection in the spotlight, generating discussion and in some quarters, irritation. Nikki Heath looks at how best to select a future workforce. 24 April 2020
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) is joining with Boeing to produce a new educational webinar series offered to AOPA members. Boeing’s Jeppesen and ForeFlight teams will provide free monthly content in the webinar series, running from April through September, on important topics such as improving pilot proficiency,... 23 April 2020
UPS is operating flights to deliver 1.7 million face masks made by SanMar, a textile producer, in response to the coronavirus. SanMar converted its clothing production facilities in Honduras and Tennessee to support protective mask production and distribution. SanMar reached out to UPS and the company moved quickly to... 23 April 2020
American Airlines team members are helping donate perishable food to local nonprofit organizations to help communities during the coronavirus outbreak. Image credit: American Airlines It started with a suggestion by team members who use the Wheels Up Café at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), Texas. After the cafeteria... 22 April 2020
United Airlines has transformed one of its cargo facilities at George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Texas, into a food distribution center to aid the Houston Food Bank's efforts to feed families in need during the COVID-19 crisis. The idea to convert the cargo space came from one employee, Mark Zessin,... 22 April 2020
Mahteme Desta, a senior at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, was sprinting toward graduation when the pandemic struck. With stay-at-home orders and strict social distancing guidelines in place, his career quest could have been derailed, but Embry-Riddle has been working with industry partners to launch virtual internships, especially for seniors like... 22 April 2020
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released a new scenario to its Runway Safety Pilot Simulator, The Anatomy of Wrong Surface Event Part 1: Pilot. Image credit: Federal Aviation Administration The six-minute animation is one of three scenarios currently offered on the Runway Safety Simulator website, with others focusing on... 22 April 2020
Airways Aviation Academy continues to work and plan ahead to develop new ways of training during these unprecedented times. 22 April 2020
AeroStar Training Services, a FAA Parts 141 & 142 flight school based in Kissimmee, Florida, seeks to alleviate some of the hardship felt by pilots who’ve recently found themselves out of work due to the impact of COVID-19 on the aviation industry. 21 April 2020
Great Dane Airlines A/S, a charter operator based in Aalborg, Denmark, has awarded Avsoft International a long-term contract for online pilot training. 21 April 2020
Slovenian company Pipistrel is providing open access to all online training materials during the current period of world-wide enforced isolation. Pipistrel Academy computer-based training courses are now available free-of-charge to anybody, for three months. Anybody, whether student pilot, pilot, flight instructor or aviation enthusiast, flying clubs, or flight schools... 20 April 2020
Malaysia-based low-cost carrier AirAsia is taking bookings to resume some domestic flight operations on 29 April with flights to Thailand, the Philippines, India and Indonesia to follow in early May. The airline advised that governments still need to give their approval. Initial flights are intended to serve people who... 20 April 2020
The UK's NHS (National Health Service) has enlisted easyJet and Virgin Atlantic crews to work alongside clinicians at the new Nightingale hospitals as part of the fight against coronavirus. The airlines are asking staff who have not been working since the COVID-19 pandemic grounded some planes, to consider helping... 16 April 2020
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