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CAE and easyJet re-opened the Generation easyJet Pilot Training Programme to recruit aspiring pilots for the airline for the next six months. Recruitment is open to cadets from all European countries to support easyJet’s growing bases in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain. CAE... 4 September 2018
Skyborne Airline Academy, a new airline training academy, launched at Gloucestershire Airport in the U.K., under the guidance of owners and aviation training figures Tom Misner, Skyborne Chairman; Lee Woodward, Skyborne CEO and previous business development director at CTC Aviation; and Ian Cooper, Skyborne COO and former operations director at... 3 September 2018
L3 MAS, a provider of ISS system upgrade and life-extension solutions, won a contract extension from the Royal Canadian Air Force to provide engineering, repair & overhaul and publication management services on the CT-114 Tutor aircraft fleet. L3 MAS originally won the contract from 2016 to 2018, with three one-year... 30 August 2018
MINT Software Systems signed an agreement for Hawaiian Airlines to implement the MINT Training and Resource Management System (MINT TRMS) to enhance and optimize the airline’s crew training and qualification management. MINT TRMS gives training planners, instructors and crews anytime-anywhere online access to their training schedules, electronic grading forms, reports,... 29 August 2018
Left: Captain LEE Eung Don, AIR BUSAN General Manager of Flight Crew Training. Right: Alexandre Prévost, CAE Vice-President, Asia-Pacific. CAE announced at the 2018 Asia Pacific Airline Training Symposium (APATS) the signing of a new exclusive agreement with AIR BUSAN to support the airline’s Airbus A320 pilot training... 29 August 2018
HAITE Aviation Training, a subsidiary of Sichuan Haite High-Tech Co. Ltd. of Chengdu, China (HAITE Group), and Malaysian Airlines Berhad (MAB) Academy, a subsidiary of the Malaysian Aviation Group, signed an agreement to collaborate on joint commercial flight crew training services in Malaysia. MAB Academy provides all aspects of... 29 August 2018
CAE announced at the 2018 Asia Pacific Airline Training Symposium (APATS) that it signed a new agreement with AirAsia to train more than 400 cadets in a competency-based Multi-Crew Pilot License (MPL) program to support the airline’s growth. The selected cadets will begin training in the second half of... 28 August 2018
The Pegasus Flight Training Center in Istanbul, Turkey selected SIMORG’s, eXperience as a Service (eXaaS) end-to-end software solution that integrates and manages all of the processes of flight-training centers. Pegasus will use the software to strengthen its standards of compliance and safety, forecast capacity sales performance in real-time and maintain... 28 August 2018
ACCEL Flight Simulation (ACCEL) and Multi Pilot Simulations BV (MPS) announced at the 15th Asia Pacific Airline Training Symposium (APATS) that they have teamed up in a strategic partnership to satisfy the increasing global demand of training product solutions by leveraging each of their pilot training strengths. MPS says... 28 August 2018
VENYO’s high-fidelity B737NG Fixed Base Simulator (FBS) received FTD Level 5 certification from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), the highest level for a training device without motion. VENYO thinks the FBS simulator will help the pilot shortage by providing a cost-effective simulator for training. Fabrice Cornet, Founder and... 28 August 2018
Peak Pacific and TRU Simulation + Training signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the integration and deployment of training systems along with Flight Simulator equipment that supports airline training operations, the companies announced at the Asia Pacific Airline Training Symposium (APATS) in Singapore. Peak Pacific Founder & Group CEO,... 28 August 2018
The TRU-built 737 MAX full flight simulator (FFS) installed in Boeing’s Training Center in Gatwick, United Kingdom achieved Level D status on schedule. TRU Simulation + Training says Boeing’s simulator is the first in the industry to be qualified against CS FSTD A Issue 2 Level D requirements by the... 28 August 2018
Flame Aviation launched a new version of its V9000 Commander™ with its V9000 Commander XR cabin fire and smoke trainer to continue to meet airlines’ requirements to make fire training more realistic and give cabin crews the knowledge, skills and confidence to deal with real aircraft cabin fires. In addition... 28 August 2018
The China Academy of Civil Aviation Science and Technology (CASTC), the part of the Civil Aviation Authority of China (CAAC) that analyzes aviation incidents, renewed a CEFA FAS (Flight Animation System) and support contract for three years for the assistance it offers in analyzing the causes of aviation accidents and... 27 August 2018
AeroStar obtained a certificate for its Part 141 program that lets students secure a private pilot certificate in 35 hours instead of 40, and an instrument rating in 30 hours instead of 40, as is required from a Part 61 school. This reduction in hours saved also can save... 27 August 2018
AXIS Flight Training Systems, a flight simulator manufacturer, installed an ATR 72-500 full flight simulator (FFS) at Flight Simulation Technique Centre (FSTC) in India and had it EASA Level D qualified. This was AXIS’ first delivery to South Asia. The ATR 72-500 FFS is approved by India’s Directorate General... 27 August 2018
Peak Pacific, a technology-enabled learning provider, signed a partnership agreement with EBT Solutions, a consulting organization that provides evidence-based training (EBT) solutions to the aviation industry, to develop products for EBT and competency-based training programs. EBT Solutions says the partnership will bring customers solutions for training management, flight simulator training... 27 August 2018
Nelson Aviation College (NAC) ordered a new Pacific Simulators ProJet PS2.5 that will be used for Air New Zealand’s Airline Integration Course for future airline pilots. The ProJet PS2.5 is a fixed‐base Flight Training Device (FTD) based on a narrow‐body, twin-engine jet aircraft that is used for airline preparation programs. It... 27 August 2018
EDIC Horizon, a flight training organization in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), purchased an Entrol H14 FNPT III MCC simulator based on a Bell 429. The simulator will be used for EDIC’s mission training and Instrument-Rating (IR), Multi-Crew Cooperation (MCC) and Air Transport Pilot License (ATPL) courses. The simulator is... 27 August 2018
Astrom Aviation Technology released its Smart Simulator Assessment System (Smart Sim), its latest generation for pilot proficiency checks. Setting Smart Sim features two new functionalities: Flexible Structure - lets instructors handle complicated scenarios in proficiency checks such as adding a reinforced training session. Multi-Grading Method – airlines can opt... 27 August 2018