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LOT Polish Airlines has selected Flame Aviation’s V9000 Commander Next-Generation fire trainer for installation at its headquarters near Warsaw Chopin Airport in Poland. The V9000 Commander will be the first next-generation fire trainer in Poland. The fire trainer offers extended possibilities for training lithium-ion battery fires and has the... 2 April 2019
Through a donor who wishes to be anonymous, Women in Aviation International is offering five training scholarships available for application now through May 31, 2019. These scholarships include: WAI Instrument or CFII Rating Scholarship: WAI will award a $5,000 scholarship to an individual pursuing an instrument rating or a... 2 April 2019
US Aviation Academy became the first flight school in the United States to be approved by the State Secretariat Civil Aviation of Cambodia (SSCA) as an Approved Training Organization (ATO). A growing cohort of Cambodian students have already begun training and the first is anticipated to graduate in May. 2 April 2019
VA Airline Training is to become the launch customer for Multi Pilot Simulations’ (MPS) forthcoming Airbus A320neo. The agreement was made on the same day that VA officially took ownership of its first MPS-built Airbus simulator – an A320ceo – at its Cambridge Airport Training Centre, following a nine-day... 2 April 2019
Simloc has achieved it’s quality certification under the seal ISO 9001 2015. The certification obtained, based on the International policy ISO 9001, consists of developing, starting up and improving the efficiency of a quality management system to increase client satisfaction by means of fulfilment of it’s requirements. With that... 1 April 2019
Helicentre Aviation Academy will be hosting Bristow Helicopters’ Careers Days from 16-17 April 2019, at its Midlands-based training facility in Leicester. The joint initiative will bring together experienced and newly qualified industry professionals seeking a career path into Oil and Gas or Search and Rescue, with those responsible for... 29 March 2019
UFA Inc. (UFA) opened new offices in Canada and Singapore. Answering the demand of its fast-growing customer base, UFA’s expansion will allow it to provide onsite services locally to its regional customers. UFA Technologies, Inc, the company’s wholly owned Canadian subsidiary, is located in Cornwall, Canada. The office will... 29 March 2019
North Star Air, a charter, passenger and cargo airline based in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada and serving the First Nation communities in High Arctic locations in the Northern Territories, has awarded Avsoft International a long-term contract for its pilot training. North Star Air is using Avsoft’s ATR 72-500 aircraft... 29 March 2019
CAE signed a new five-year training agreement for AirAsia’s long-haul pilots. The agreement extends the use of the CAE Rise training system to AirAsia’s long-haul affiliate, AirAsia X, on the Airbus A330 platform. CAE is providing initial training for the airline’s pilots and will soon undertake recurrent training at... 28 March 2019
AFI KLM E&M subsidiary, KLM UK Engineering has signed a line maintenance contract with BA CityFlyer. KLM UK Engineering will commence this line maintenance contract with BA CityFlyer at Glasgow on their Embraer fleet from April 2019. 28 March 2019
Coptersafety has announced a new appointment of a full-time flight instructor, Gerardo Donatelli, to support its mission in helping operators to enhance safety in their operations. Gerardo brings with him 27 years of professional aviation experience. After joining the Air Force Academy in 1992, he served the military for... 27 March 2019
Tulmar Safety Systems Inc. (Tulmar) has launched two new cabin crew training products. They include a classroom Portable Girt Trainer and an Air Liquide-Style training PBE. The Portable Girt Trainer’s design and concept will provide the user with the realistic physical motion and pull force required to “pull to... 27 March 2019
Ventum Air recently decided to purchase an ALSIM AL250 FSTD for its IR/ME training curriculum. The ALSIM AL250 is a generic and compact simulator for single & multi engine piston (SEP/MEP reconfigurable) PPL, CPL and IR training. The device meets all current regulatory standards and responds to training requirements... 26 March 2019
MINT Software Systems announced a service agreement with KLM Engineering and Maintenance (KLM E&M). The agreement includes the delivery of the SaaS version of the MINT Training and Qualification Management System (MINT TMS) for resource qualification, curriculum management and training scheduling at KLM Engineering and Maintenance in the Netherlands. 26 March 2019
Spatial has been selected by Lufthansa Aviation Training (LAT) to manufacture a world’s first B777X Cabin Emergency Evacuation Trainer (CEET). Once built, the CEET will be shipped and installed at LAT’s largest training facility in Frankfurt, Germany. Designed and built to meet LAT’s exact training requirements and international regulatory... 26 March 2019
MPS has entered into an agreement with Air Macau to deliver an A320 FTD (ceo/neo) to their training centre in Macau, China. Air Macau, a subsidiary of Air China, will use the A320 FTD in their type rating courses. Air Macau’s Chief Executive Officer, Chen Hong said: “This new... 26 March 2019
A new multi-million-dollar Aviation Education Center opened at Hollywood North Perry Airport. Wayman Aviation Academy opened the doors to its new state-of-the-art expansion facility on Friday, March 22. North Perry Airport has become a strong center for flight training, recently heralded as the busiest VFR airport in the state... 25 March 2019
International Jet Management GmbH has selected infoWERK to support their training needs, including Embraer recurrent training and UPRT training. All of the delivered products are multimedia-based and offered online directly via the infoWERK training portal. 22 March 2019
Opening the doors of their training centre at Cambridge Airport, VA Airline Training welcomed nearly 250 visitors to experience flying an airliner simulator as well as listen to inspirational airline industry speakers at its First Flight careers weekend. Launching the ‘First Flight’ event on March 16, 2019, was Captain... 22 March 2019
InterGlobe Aviation Limited (IndiGo) has recently entered in to an agreement with Flyco Training Solutions for a modern training solution system. Under this agreement, which has been approved by India’s aviation regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation of India (DGCA), IndiGo plans to convert all classroom-based Annual General... 22 March 2019