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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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20 February saw Qatar Airways take delivery of the first Airbus A350-1000 at a ceremony in Toulouse, France. During a question and answer session at the event, Marisa Lucas, Head of A350 XWB Marketing at Airbus (pictured), explained that the A350-1000 had been designed with pilot training in mind. 21 February 2018
Birmingham City University has launched a competition with Meridian, the world’s largest producer of magnesium components, encouraging students to showcase potential uses of the material within the aerospace sector. According to Meridian, magnesium is the lightest of all structural materials, the eighth most abundant chemical element in the earth’s... 19 February 2018
Pelesys Aviation Maintenance Training (Pelesys), in cooperation with GlennCo Aviation Training (GlennCo), has supplied International Aerospace Coatings (IAC) with B777 General Familiarization (Gen Fam) training for its maintenance staff in Victorville, California. The training leveraged the concept of blended learning. By combining an initial computer-based self-study module with teaching... 19 February 2018
Royal Air Maroc (RAM) has ordered a V9000 Commander Cabin Fire + Smoke Trainer from Netherlands-based Flame Aviation. It will be installed at RAM’s new training facilities in Casablanca during March and used as part of Flame Aviation’s broader fire training curriculum, which includes presentations, instructional videos and questionnaires,... 19 February 2018
SoftekSim has secured its first customer in the United Arab Emirates following an order from Fujairah Aviation Academy for an EASA FNPTII MCC compliant simulator. The simulator will begin operations at the Fujairah Aviation Academy, formerly known as the Fujairah Aviation Centre, in July 2018. It will be used... 19 February 2018
CommutAir is to offer pilots from 2FLY Airborne interviews for its Career Path Program when they finish their studies. Petra Kliman, CommutAir’s Recruiting Manager, commented, “Our new agreement will allow pilots to advance their career with CommutAir and on to United Airlines through our leading Career Path Program.” “CommutAir... 19 February 2018
Boeing has invested in Mountain View, California-based digital educational programme provider Singularity University (SU) as part of the OEM’s commitment to furthering its digital transformation. SU builds the capability of individuals and organisations to learn, connect and innovate with breakthrough solutions by teaching them how to use accelerating technologies... 16 February 2018
The Civil Aviation Safety Authority of Australia (CASA) has certified Ansett Aviation Training’s King Air simulator, which is convertible between the 350i and B200 variants, to Level D full flight simulator (FFS) standards. The simulator was manufactured by TRU Simulation and Training and features Rockwell Collins’ Pro Line 21... 16 February 2018
one-G simulation’s Torrance 44 Augmented Training Platform (ATP) is now in production and available for order. The Torrance 44 ATP is a training device based on the Robinson 44 helicopter which merges virtual reality (VR) technology with flight simulation to create an augmented reality flight deck. It includes 360-degree... 16 February 2018
Flight simulator manufacturer Frasca International, which was founded by Rudy Frasca in 1958 and remains a privately held, family-run business to this day, is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year. Rudy Frasca founded Frasca Aviation (now Frasca International) after working as a flight simulator instructor and maintenance engineer while... 16 February 2018
Photo credit: Air Canada As we approach the 2018 Student Education and Careers in Aviation (SECA) conference, our focus is to educate and open doors for the future generation, giving them a look at careers that they might never have known existed. While visiting local Middle and High Schools,... 14 February 2018
Training for the new Pilatus PC-24 has begun at FlightSafety’s Learning Center in Dallas, Texas. The Pilatus PC-24 simulator was recently qualified and approved for training by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) following qualification by the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in December 2017. “Receiving EASA and... 14 February 2018
Pictured (Left to right): Adi Silagy, Product Management Department Leader; and Barak Kirmayer, Customer Solutions & Delivery Department Leader Britannica Knowledge Systems (Britannica), developer of the Fox Training Management System (Fox), is restructuring its business to enhance both its product and customer responsiveness following customer feedback from the Britannica... 14 February 2018
Pictured (left to right): Andrew Walters, Chairman of London Biggin Hill Airport; and Sam Parrett OBE, Principal and CEO of London South East Colleges The UK’s Biggin Hill Airport has received major funding from the Greater London Authority (GLA) for its £12m Aerospace & Technology College, which will be... 12 February 2018
Pictured (left to right): Robin Glover Faure, President of L3 CTS; and Hugo Hilário, Mayor of Ponte de Sor L3 Commercial Training Solutions (L3 CTS) has opened a new European Airline Academy at Ponte de Sor Airport in Portugal in an expansion of its cadet pilot training offering. The... 12 February 2018
Thai Flight Training (TFT), a subsidiary of Thai Airways, has ordered an Airbus A320 door trainer from Spatial which is due to enter service during the second quarter of 2018. The device, which is equipped with Spatial’s door visuals system, will offer training on the L1 door and over... 12 February 2018
Piper Aircraft, Inc. (Piper) has received an order for 152 aircraft from its exclusive dealer in China, Fanmei Aviation Technologies, marking the largest single trainer order in the OEM’s history. The seven-year purchase agreement includes 100 Archer TX single engine trainers, 50 multi-engine Seminoles, one Seneca and one Piper... 9 February 2018
Pictured (left to right): Captain Reinhard Kraxner, Managing Director of OEAMTC Air Rescue; Dr. Roman Sperl, CEO of Reiser Simulation and Training GmbH; and Marco Trefanitz, Managing Director of OEAMTC Having previously signed a Letter of Intent, OEAMTC Air Rescue has now placed an order an Avionic Desktop Trainer... 9 February 2018
The JORAMCO Academy has signed a cooperation agreement with the Regional Training Center of the Arab Air Carriers’ organization (AACO-RTC) under which both parties will offer joint courses on aviation maintenance training for engineers and technicians at the AACO-RTC facility in Amman, Jordan. The AACO-RTC was established in 1996... 9 February 2018
Jazz Aviation LP (Jazz) has welcomed Caledon, Ontario-based Brampton Flight Centre to its Jazz Aviation Pathways Program (Jazz APP), bringing the number of educational institutions involved to 13. The Jazz APP was created in 2007 to create a streamlined career path for the pilot profession in Canada by offering... 8 February 2018