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Ryanair has become the first airline in Europe to introduce CEFA Aviation’s cloud-based service CEFA AMS (Aviation Mobile Services). At the EASA Safety in Aviation Forum for Europe conference in Brussels, Ray Conway, director of Flight Standards & chief pilot at Ryanair, said,  “The signing of this six-year agreement...   15 May 2019
FlightSafety International announced that David Davenport will now lead the company as president & CEO. He most recently served as co-CEO and president, Commercial. Ray Johns, who previously served as co-CEO, will continue as president, Government and Manufacturing. He oversees the services and products FlightSafety offers to government and...   15 May 2019
Turkish Airlines has signed a contract with BAA Training for a cadet training program. BAA Training will deliver training to almost 300 cadets for the airline in three and a half years. Since 2016 BAA Training has started six different cadet training programs and currently has over 250 students...   15 May 2019
Alsim has entered a partnership with the first female Red Bull Air Race winner and French aerobatics champion, Mélanie Astles. Together with Astles, Alsim believes it can help in her training to win those few extra seconds required to stand out in this highly skilled, competitive sport. Together with...   15 May 2019
Cork Institute of Technology School of Business (CIT) is now taking applications from commercial pilots for its two-year online Bachelor of Arts degree in international business with aviation studies for the academic year 2019-2020. The degree was designed and created specifically for commercial pilots in conjunction with the aviation...   15 May 2019
To help support Mental Health Awareness Week taking place 13th – 19th May 2019, Symbiotics is offering mental wellbeing assessments to pilots, with the hope that this will help to further the conversation around mental health in this marketplace and help individuals to identify if they may be struggling...   14 May 2019
Euramec announced a new line up of flight simulators for business aircraft types and is further exploring technologies to help operators reduce initial and recurrent training costs.  “Training optimization is a major focus for all operators,” Bert Buyle, CEO Euramec says. “Recurrent training costs take up a large portion...   13 May 2019
Due to the increasing industry demand, especially by corporate jet operators, infoWERK and Jet Aviation Flight Services Ltd. have cooperatively developed an eLearning course for Route Competency. When acting as an operating pilot, a pilot must have adequate knowledge of the route to be flown and of the aerodromes...   10 May 2019
Quantum3D Inc. released its latest version of MANTIS, a real-time scene management and image generation software. The latest version of MANTIS comes with a new set of enhanced capabilities for both visual and sensor simulation and will be available on all current platforms including off-the shelf PCs running Windows...   9 May 2019
In the course of upcoming investments in new training equipment for pilot training and further education, Lufthansa Aviation Training (LAT) is cooperating with the manufacturer Reiser Simulation and Training in the field of helicopter simulation. This company is specialized in the production of helicopter full flight simulators of the...   8 May 2019
Coptersafety has appointed Erkka Suvikumpu as chief executive officer. He comes from the position as CEO and Co-owner of Safera Oy, a pioneer in smart home sensor and fire prevention solutions. Suvikumpu will take up his new position on 13th May. "Erkka has a broad understanding of the aviation...   8 May 2019
FlightSafety International is expanding its Master Technician program to include cabin systems. The new Master Technician Cabin Systems program offers a progressive curriculum that follows a five step process. It is designed to provide technicians with the skills required to service and maintain the cabin of the aircraft they...   8 May 2019
Cockpit4U has appointed Christos Diamantopoulos as its new managing director. He takes over the position of Dennis Pilz, who has led the company since its founding in 2006. Diamantopoulos previously held the position of head of training at the company. In his new role Diamantopoulos will focus on developing...   8 May 2019
OxfordSaudia, a CAE Authorized Training Center, has placed an order for two Level 5 Flight Training Devices (FTDs) from Frasca International Inc. The two FTDs will be configured as DA40NG and DA42-VI aircraft and will be located at Dammam International Airport in Saudi Arabia. Both FTDs will feature high...   7 May 2019
AeroStar has received Airbus A320 type rating curriculum approval by the Kingdom of Cambodia, State Secretariat of Civil Aviation. With this approval, Cambodian pilots and airlines alike will have access to AeroStar’s FAA 142 approved training courses and full flight simulator at its Kissimmee, Florida, Training Center location. AeroStar...   7 May 2019
EPST is the most recent Dutch-based ATO to join FlightLogger’s Digital Training Management platform. FlightLogger will now help EPST employees, students, and management with its training programs and workflow. EPST chose FlightLogger to optimize the ATO management by reducing paper workflows, improving reporting options and increasing transparency. With the...   6 May 2019
FlightPath International has received EASA Second Site Approval for the delivery of maintenance type course training in India. FlightPath has entered into a long-term agreement with Hindustan Institute of Engineering and Technology (HIET) facilities in Chennai, India.  The FlightPath and HIET alliance can now serve the Indian airline market...   2 May 2019
FlightPath International, Hindustan Institute of Engineering Technology (HIET), and Orient Flights Aviation Academy have entered into an agreement to jointly offer aviation training services in India. With HIET and Orient Flights’ maintenance engineer and pilot ab initio courses, FlightPath adds the type training element from its over 40 Transport...   2 May 2019
L3 Commercial Aviation has been selected by Aer Lingus to provide Full Flight Simulator (FFS) training at the newly developed L3 London Training Center at Gatwick in the U.K. The new two-year agreement will provide Aer Lingus with more than 2,000 hours of simulator availability on the latest state-of-the-art...   2 May 2019
AeroStar Training Services has chosen to upgrade the visual system on one of its simulators through Epic Prime, RSi’s Visuals as a Service program. Epic Prime will allow Aerostar to offer their pilots the latest image generation and projection technology without the capital investment required for a traditional visual...   1 May 2019