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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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BAA Training is expanding its flight base network. BAA Training Ab Initio school, currently handling more than 200 students, and having three aerodromes to conduct flight training, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Lleida-Alguaire International Airport in Spain. "An additional flight training base in the south is a well thought-out... 13 June 2018
Pan Am International Flight Academy has been selected by Romanian Air Traffic Services Administration (ROMATSA) to train a large contingent of air traffic control professionals covering Romania's national air space. The contract for ROMATSA calls for Pan Am to begin training for 678 Romanian Air Traffic Control (ATC) personnel plus... 13 June 2018
Oman Air has graduated the first batch of multi-crew pilot license (MPL) cadets as the trainees completed all phases of the Boeing 737 Type Rating training. "The graduation of the first batch of MPL cadets is an important step in the evolution of the programme to match the requirements... 13 June 2018
FlightSafety International named Hector Zarate interim President of FlightSafety Services Corporation. He replaces Ron Ladnier who will retire at the end of June. Zarate assumes responsibility for all of FlightSafety Services’ operations that provide turnkey aircrew training systems (ATS) and contractor logistics support (CLS) to customers worldwide -- including military... 12 June 2018
Jazz Aviation LP is continuing its commitment to Canada's current and future flight instructors with an enhanced agreement between the airline's Jazz Aviation Pathway Program (Jazz APP) and the Centre québécois de formation aéronautique (CQFA); the Cégep de Chicoutimi's School of Aviation flight program. "The Jazz APP Instructor Pathway... 12 June 2018
Spanish flight school AFN, located in the airport of A Coruña, has purchased an en-1000 FNPT II simulator from Entrol. The en-1000 is a reconfigurable simulator between SEP and MEP, equipped with a GTN 650 and an interchangeable cockpit between analogue and glass. This is the third simulator acquired... 12 June 2018
The Belgian airline TUI fly continues to grow and has selected the Belgian company Venyo to install a fixed base simulator at its headquarters in Zaventem. The simulator will be a valuable tool for the students of the pilot academy that was launched in 2017 by TUI fly. The... 12 June 2018
Gama Aviation, the global business aviation services company upgrades their training programme to provide improved content breadth and an indepth online e-courses platform. Flyco will provide Gama Aviation with their Advanced Learning Management System with an extensive e-library allowing the users to benefit from a variety of choice from... 12 June 2018
Cabin Crew Safety has been awarded accreditation from Alcumus SafeContractor for achieving excellence in health and safety in the workplace; and for Cabin Crew Safety this involves delivering support in busy air crew training halls where they support the representative training equipment. Gemma Archibald, director of Alcumus SafeContractor said: "Major... 11 June 2018
AXIS Flight Training Systems has completed motion testing on its latest simulator for Aviation Academy Austria (AAA). The manufacturer has used Bosch-Rexroth's eMotion 14000 platform for this ATR 72-600 simulator. Highly efficient and able to support up to 80% of the payload, the eMotion 14000 reduces energy consumption and device... 6 June 2018
ELITE Simulation Solutions has installed an iGate Series cockpit enclosed advanced aviation training device (AATD) at HP Flight School in Panama City, Panama. The school is located at Marcos Gelabert International airport in Panama City and has about 120 students operating Piper PA-28 aircraft, a PA-44 Seminole and the... 6 June 2018
Cabin crew will now have better tools to help them prevent human trafficking on commercial flights after the launch of the new ICAO-OHCHR Guidelines for Training Cabin Crew on Identifying and Responding to Trafficking in Persons. The new guidelines are seen as timely and essential given than 1-in-200 people... 5 June 2018
CAE is expanding its business aviation training footprint with the launch of the new Bombardier Global 5000/6000 full flight simulator (FFS) with Vision flight deck. The new CAE 7000XR Series FFS is equipped with CAE Tropos™ 6000XR visual system. Luxaviation, Tag Aviation Europe, along with the pilots of many other... 5 June 2018
Maintenance training of 150 or more technicians spread over 7-8 years can reduce the costs of operational disruptions such as delays and cancellations (D&C's) by 84%, according to a study by Management & Excellence (M&E) and the Pratt & Whitney Customer Training Center. Airlines training 50 technicians or fewer over... 5 June 2018
Spatial has been selected by WestJet to manufacture a B787 door trainer. Spatial will design and build the door trainer at its manufacturing facility in the UAE before shipping and installing it at WestJet's crew training centre in Calgary, Canada. Emergency scenarios include door and handle jams, power assist... 5 June 2018
Norwegian air service provider AVINOR, along with Indra and its Norwegian subsidiary, Indra Navia, as technology provider, have successfully completed the first test in a series of validations within SESAR 2020 Programme to simultaneously manage traffic in multiple airports from a single remote position. While single remote tower control... 5 June 2018
CAE has signed a new pilot training agreement with OJets, the new business aviation operator that recently acquired Elit'Avia. Under the 3-year agreement, pilots will be training on Bombardier Global Vision, Global Express ad Challenger 605/650 across CAE's training network in Europe, including CAE Amsterdam and CAE London Burgess Hill. 5 June 2018
Multi Pilot Simulations (MPS) has installed its B737 FTD-2 simulator at Safair Operation's training center at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa. The FTD-2 has been certified by the local CAA. Safair Operations CEO, Elmar Conradie commented: "The acquisition of this simulator is an exciting milestone for... 5 June 2018
The Director-General of the Cameroon Civil Aviation Authority (CCAA), Mrs. Avomo Assoumou Paule Koki, and the Director of the Joint Aviation Authorities Training Organisation (JAA TO), Mrs Paula V. de Almeida, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the primary objective of setting Cameroon CAA as a JAA TO... 5 June 2018
Republic Airways Holdings will open Leadership In Flight Training (LIFT) Academy, a U.S.-based aviation training school at the Indianapolis International Airport in Indiana. LIFT Academy, will use advanced technology and systems to train future aviators. Republic says it will leverage its history in developing advanced training and safety curriculum... 1 June 2018