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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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FSC is certified by the Dutch Authorities (IL&T) as an Approved Cabin Crew Training Organization (AACTO). This approval is the first in the Netherlands. With this approval, based on new cabin crew regulations, the FSC is able to continue to provide initial cabin crew training for airlines and support the... 21 November 2018
Airbus’ newest training center in Denver is now home to the first A320neo full flight simulator (FFS) in the Americas. The simulator just achieved Level D certification from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) with four engine fits–including the neo. This simulator complements the two existing A320 family, FAA-certified Level D... 20 November 2018
Coptersafety, a helicopter training service provider, Coptersafety has received certificates issued by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) for its current Airbus H145 and two Leonardo AW139 full-flight simulators (FFS). According to CAAC’s evaluation, Coptersafety’s simulators comply with level D requirements of CCAR-60 (China Civil Aviation Regulations Part 60). 20 November 2018
Virgin Australia has announced it will be opening a world-class pilot training centre in Tamworth. The Tamworth Regional Council chose Virgin Australia Group as the airline to establish the training centre in the New South Wales city. “We are delighted to have been chosen by Tamworth Regional Council, and for... 20 November 2018
AVIOMAR, within the framework of its expansion policy, announced the development and construction of an airline full flight simulator (FFS) training centre north of Rome, in Monterotondo. The new facility, which is scheduled to become operational in the first quarter of 2019, will have a surface of more than 2,500... 19 November 2018
AeroStar Training Services announced a new partnership with Spirit Airlines. This partnership agreement will enable highly qualified pilots who complete A320 type rating at AeroStar to interview for employment at Spirit in a Flow Through Program. AeroStar will also be involved in providing ATP-CTP training for Spirit. “This partnership is... 16 November 2018
Alsim has sold an ALX Medium Jet to Central Flying Academy in Germiston, South Africa. The device, which will support their PPL, CPL and IR offering, will be delivered in December. CFA had been introduced to the ALSIM ALX at Oshkosh 2017 in the USA, by other flight training schools. 16 November 2018
CEFA FAS (Flight Animation System) is a software that recreates flights based on the data coming from the aircraft's flight recorders, reproducing a view of the cockpit, the aircraft and its environment in 3D – among other features. It is already used by the safety and training departments of... 15 November 2018
Bill Johnson, Ph.D., the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA’s) chief scientific and technical adviser for human factors in aircraft maintenance systems, was honored with the Flight Safety Foundation–Airbus Human Factors in Aviation Safety Award. The award, presented on the first day of the Foundation’s 71st annual International Air Safety Summit (IASS),... 14 November 2018
Conair has purchased from entrol an AT-802 FTD Level 2 simulator. It will be installed in Conair’s new Aerial Wildfire Training Center (AWTC) in Canada. The Training Center will house a number of FTDs used for aircraft transition training and mission-based aerial firefighting. The center is the first of its... 14 November 2018
Royal Brunei Airlines has launched an eLearning strategy supported by learning technology and content solutions provided by Peak Pacific. Peak Pacific has implemented a SaaS enterprise learning management system (LMS) to enable Royal Brunei to manage, track, report, analyse and audit online learning programs across the organisation. Royal Brunei Airlines... 14 November 2018
UFA, Inc. (UFA), a provider of Air Traffic Simulation and Voice Technologies, announced that it has delivered its ATCloud ATC training platform to Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) in Manchester, New Hampshire. SNHU’s new ATCloud platform delivers hosted voice recognition and response (VRR) enabled ATC skills, phraseology and radar training... 13 November 2018
Simloc Flight Simulation has launched a new pilot training device, the A320 SR FTD 1 and FTD 2 MCC, with a launching commercial strategy, which includes a pay-per-use financial system. This Airbus A320 FSTD has been developed for pilot training from ab initio to recurrent. Both hardware and software are... 12 November 2018
SIM-TECH Manufacturing has been awarded a contract from Southwest Airlines to build several new B737NG door and overwing exit trainers and to update many others. SIM-TECH spokesman Josh Conrey stated that Southwest Airlines is one of the Premier airlines in the United States, and we are excited to have been... 12 November 2018
Pedro Ramos, HR Director, TAP Air Portugal Mário Spínola, L3 Airline Academy Director Europe Ramiro Sequeira, COO Chief Operating Officer, TAP Air Portugal Luís Esteves, Director Flight Operations, TAP Air Portugal L3 Commercial Aviation announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with TAP Air Portugal, increasing... 12 November 2018
MINT Software Systems, a manufacturer of training management solutions for the aviation industry, announced the signature of a service agreement with Jet2.com for the implementation of the web-based training management system MINT TRMS. MINT TRMS allows training planners, instructors and crews with “anytime, anywhere” online access to their training schedules,... 12 November 2018
Simon Potts, an independent consulting engineer and visual systems engineer specialist, recently opened Southcoast Simulation in Miami, Florida to help provide housing and maintenance services for flight simulators in that area. Potts, who founded Superflight Simulation Services Inc. in Canada, opened this training center that houses two Boeing 747-400 Level D... 12 November 2018
CAE is to acquire Bombardier’s Business Aircraft Training (BAT) business for an enterprise value of US$645 million, expanding its ability to address the training market for customers operating Bombardier business jets, which at more than 4,800 aircraft, is one of the largest and most valuable in-service fleets of business aircraft... 10 November 2018
Boeing and Safran have received regulatory approvals for a joint venture so they can begin designing, building and servicing aircraft Auxiliary Power Units (APUs)—onboard engines that are primarily used to start the main engines and power aircraft systems while on the ground and, if necessary, in flight. The companies also... 9 November 2018
In October 2018, HM Aerospace (HMA) went digital with FlightLogger's Flight Training Management Solution to improve and optimize their ATO activities. HMA is a Malaysia Flight Training Academy that is a member of the Halim Mazmin Group. HMA’s training center is one of the preferred facilities for the cadet pilots of... 9 November 2018