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With the continuous news on airlines dealing with a global pilot shortage, BAA Training announced its plans to expand its full flight simulators’ fleet with six additional units in Europe and Asia. Preliminary investments may reach €60-million Euros. With more than 100 scheduled airlines, a network of over 400... 3 June 2019
Skyborne Airline Academy is launching a Sponsored Flight Instructor Programme to foster the next generation of airline pilot instructors in Spain. Over six weeks, participants will complete 35 flying hours and 130 hours of theory training. Those who successfully complete the programme will go on to work as Single... 3 June 2019
airBaltic Pilot Academy (airBaltic) has renewed its trust in FlightLogger by utilizing the software for its new ab-initio training offering in Riga, Latvia. airBaltic has been using FlightLogger since October 2016 for its simulators, doing type ratings on the 737. airBaltic Pilot Academy says: “Since the first opening day... 3 June 2019
Diamond Visionics has launched GenesisLunar, software which gives organizations the ability to go beyond earth to the moon for a high fidelity Lunar landing simulation based on a realistic 3D model of the lunar surface. As GenesisLunar uses GenesisRTX, realistic immersive 3D scenes that include reflections, shadows and dust... 3 June 2019
The International Civil Aviation English Association (ICAEA) is looking into the ICAO Language Proficiency Requirements and how these can be improved, as it has been almost 10 years since its release. The survey aims to gather views of operational pilots and controllers on their perspectives of communication issues among... 3 June 2019
Pilot Proficiency, a new pilot training business, has taken delivery of a Frasca RTD (reconfigurable training device) simulator and is open for business at its first pilot recurrency training center located in Lisle, Illinois. The company offers FAA-approved Frasca AATDs (advanced aviation training devices) in locations convenient to pilots... 31 May 2019
Alsim has announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved the Alsim AL172 simulator as an Advanced Aviation Training Device (AATD). The AL172 is an exact replica of a Cessna 172SP Skyhawk NAV III aircraft equipped with the Garmin G1000 NXi avionics suite. Since its launch in late... 31 May 2019
ANA HOLDINGS INC. (ANA HD) has opened a new training center, ANA Blue Base (ABB), located near Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan. Construction concluded in March 2019 and allowed for partial operation from April 15, 2019. ANA HD plans for the facility to be both fully operational and open... 30 May 2019
Designed to address the crucial need to better prepare and develop the skills of commercial pilots for airline employment, VA has a launched a new three-day interactive Airline Career Training (ACT) course as a new addition to its Airline Ready suite of training courses. The new ACT course has... 29 May 2019
KLM Flight Academy, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Airline KLM, have chosen Alsim to provide an ALX training device for its premises at the Eelde Airport, near Groningen in the Netherlands. The school operates a mixed fleet of Socata TB-10 and TB-20 single-engine as well as Diamond DA42 multi-engine... 29 May 2019
Symbiotics is now offering online versions of its suite of aptitude and knowledge-based tests that can be accessed directly by companies and individuals to assess knowledge and aptitude. With available tests including Future Aptitude Screening Tool (FAST), maths, physics, English, aviation knowledge and cognitive reasoning, Symbiotics is hoping to... 29 May 2019
U.S. News & World Report identified Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University as the No. 1 online undergraduate educator among 348 schools ranked on the 2019 list. It was the sixth consecutive year that Embry-Riddle’s online bachelor’s degree programs ranked within the Top 5 on the list. Read more. Source: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical... 29 May 2019
AYJET Anatolian Stars Flight School recently decided to task Alsim with an upgrade of its existing Alsim simulator to the newest European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) standards. The ATO operates an Alsim AL200-DA42 simulator it bought 10 years ago. To make this device meet the current standards as... 29 May 2019
FlightSafety International announced that Patricia Arundell-Lampe has been promoted to senior vice president (VP) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). As senior VP and CFO for FlightSafety International, Arundell-Lampe will assume responsibility for all financial matters for the company. Arundell-Lampe joined FlightSafety in the year 2000 as a financial manager. 29 May 2019
ASTi announced that a major airline training program has purchased 24 instances of its Pilot Phraseology Trainer (PPT). The PPT uses advanced speech recognition and text-to-speech technologies from SERA, ASTi's Simulated Air Traffic Control Environment product. The PPT helps students build basic air traffic control (ATC) phraseology and radio... 29 May 2019
Elite Pilot Training Center (EPTC) joins FlightLogger’s customer network and increases its presence in Belgium. EPTC is the company’s newest ATO and its second customer operating out of Antwerp Airport. After making the decision to go digital with FlightLogger, EPTC quickly forwarded their training manuals, which were added to... 28 May 2019
SIMAERO has announced the acquisition of a CAE A330 Full Flight Simulator (FFS), fully UPRT compliant, equipped with Airbus A330 V2.5 data package and with the latest CAE Tropos 6000XR visual system. This FFS shall be operational in SIMAERO Paris Training Center in September 2019. Nicolas Mouté, CEO of... 28 May 2019
ATP Flight School has accepted delivery of 10 2019 Cessna 172 Skyhawks from Textron Aviation Inc. Each of the new aircraft are equipped with Garmin's latest generation of G1000 NXi glass-panel avionics. Once integrated into ATP's fleet, these 10 Cessnas will be flown by students and instructors in the... 28 May 2019
CPaT Global has released its new ATR72-500 Aircraft Systems Course along with the ATR 42-500, ATR 72-600 and its ATR Interactive Classroom. These online and offline courses can be accessed on iPad, Android, PC and IOS devices, which allows pilots the ability to train anywhere, anytime even if they... 24 May 2019
Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company, in collaboration with Shaanxi Helicopter Co. Ltd. (SHC) and Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital, announced the successful completion of an Air Medical Services (AMS) training exercise in China. This exercise is an initial step toward developing air medical capability for the Implementation Program for... 23 May 2019