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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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Alberta, Canada-based Springbank Air Training College (SATC) has purchased an AL200 simulator from Alsim to train its 200+ students at Springbank Airport. Talking about the order, SATC’s President Jayme Hepfner said, “With the increased demand for pilots, it’s becoming more important to utilise advanced simulation to provide the necessary... 1 March 2018
Pan Am International Flight Academy has installed an Airbus A320 door trainer at its Miami, Florida facility. Removed from an Airbus A320 tear-down project, the door was shipped to Miami where Pan Am’s technical team went to work designing, building and installing the trainer. Equipped with evacuation in-floor lighting,... 1 March 2018
Redbird Flight Simulations (Redbird) has announced the first international sale of its VTO helicopter training device to Jakarta, Indonesia-based Genesa Flight Academy (Genesa), which will take delivery of the helicopter training device in June 2018. The VTO is the second Redbird device to be integrated into Genesa’s flight training... 1 March 2018
FlightSafety International is building the first simulator for the E190-E2 aircraft and expanding its Learning Center at Paris-Le Bourget airport in France to accommodate the new type. The expansion of the Learning Center includes a new 1,145 square metre (12,346 square foot) building adjacent to FlightSafety’s current Paris-Le Bourget... 1 March 2018
Helisim, a joint venture between Airbus and Thales created 18 years ago, is to open a new facility in the US within the Airbus Helicopters Training Academy in Grand Prairie near Dallas, Texas. The facility will support training for the AS350, EC135 and EC145. It will be equipped with... 1 March 2018
JetBlue Airways has announced Steve Forte as the new Vice-President of JetBlue University. Based in Orlando, Florida, Forte will report to Rachel McCarthy, JetBlue’s SVP Talent & Learning. Forte holds both undergraduate and MBA degrees from the University of Arizona. He began his career with nearly three decades at... 27 February 2018
The Qantas Group has said that in 2019 it plans to open a new ‘Qantas Group Pilot Academy’ capable of training up to 500 pilots a year. The academy is likely to be established near an existing airfield in regional Australia to provide easy access to uncongested airspace. The... 27 February 2018
On 22 February 2018, Dundee, Scotland-based Tayside Aviation marked its 50th anniversary by conducting 50 training flights in just one hour. Since its launch in 1968, the company has flown 33 million miles – the equivalent of 70 trips to the moon and back! These flights led to the... 27 February 2018
Following delivery of its first A350 XWB aircraft in 2016, Ethiopian Airlines has become the first to operate an A350 XWB full flight simulator (FFS) in Africa. Ethiopian Airlines currently operates seven A350 XWBs and has a further 17 on order. CEO of Ethiopian Airlines, Tewolde GebreMariam, remarked, “The... 27 February 2018
Pictured: Meridian's line service team at Hayward Executive Airport in Hayward, California Meridian has successfully completed ground handling and servicing training for large cabin and mid-cabin Gulfstream aircraft conducted by FlightSafety International. The training consists of two online courses designed for line service technicians and cover large-cabin Gulfstream aircraft... 26 February 2018
FlightSafety International has completed the expansion of its Columbus Learning Center after phase one of the facility was opened in 2014. With the new 63,000 square foot expansion, FlightSafety’s Columbus Learning Center now has 14 simulator bays, 29 classrooms equipped with advanced technology, 28 briefing and debriefing rooms and... 26 February 2018
Multi Pilot Simulations (MPS) has had its ‘Prince Bernard’ DC-3 simulator certified as an FTD-2 by the Dutch Civil Aviation Authority (Dutch CAA) on behalf of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). Previously certified as an FNPT II, MPS’ DC-3 simulator has now achieved the highest certification level possible... 26 February 2018
Pictured (left to right): Vilmantas Mazonas, Managing Director of airBaltic Training; and Pauls Calitis, Member of the Board for airBaltic Training airBalticTraining has ordered three single-engine DA40 NGs and one twin-engine DA42-VI from Diamond Aircraft for its newly established Pilot Academy. The deal also includes a DSIM flight training... 26 February 2018
Auckland’s Ardmore Flying School is to become the first flight school in New Zealand with a jet flight training device after ordering a EuroJet PS4.5 (Airbus A320) simulator from Christchurch-based Pacific Simulators (PACSIM). The order comes in response to an increasing number of international students enrolling at Ardmore Flying... 23 February 2018
Avsoft has been awarded a long-term contract from SATENA, a government-owned airline based in Bogotá, Colombia, to provide its ATR 42-500, Embraer ERJ 145, and Embraer E170 aircraft systems courses, Low Visibility OPS, PBN- RNP, RVSM general subject courses and LMS services. SATENA will use Avsoft’s courses for both... 23 February 2018
Simthetiq has reported a record year for its Level D-compliant X2 Visual System, which has been qualified on over 50 flight simulation training devices worldwide, including over 20 Level D full flight simulators. Powered by the aXion Image Generator, the X2 Visual System provides immersive and highly realistic training... 22 February 2018
Following the introduction of its Embraer Type Cabin E-courses, Flyco Training Solutions has now also released Boeing 787 Dreamliner Type Cabin E-courses which meet the requirements of EASA, IATA, ICAO and other regulatory authorities. The course starts with an introduction and general information section about the particular aircraft type... 22 February 2018
A collaborative effort between UFA, Inc. (UFA) and the Israel Airports Authority (IAA) to conduct Emergency Team Coordination Training Simulations for Ben Gurion Airport has been shortlisted for the 2018 Jane’s ATC Award in the ‘Runway’ category. During the airport-wide Emergency Team Coordination Training drills, UFA introduced the use... 22 February 2018
An Alsim AL172 simulator developed in 2017 as an exact replica of the Cessna 172 SP Skyhawk NAVIII has been installed at the Banyuwangi Pilot School in East Java, Indonesia. Dedicated to PPL & IR training, the simulator features G1000 avionics and is equipped with Alsim’s High Definition Visual... 22 February 2018
Thanks to Embry Riddle Aeronautical University’s Director of Enrollment Marketing, Jill Meridith, for the following content. The 2016 Boeing Pilot and Technician Outlook projects a need for more than two million commercial airline pilots, maintenance technicians and cabin crew between now and 2035, so there’s never been a better... 21 February 2018