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TRU Simulation + Training (TRU) has signed an agreement to provide Copa Airlines with a Boeing 737 MAX full flight simulator (FFS) at its Panama training centre. As a variant of the MAX series, the 737 MAX FFS will be configured as the 737 MAX 9 platform. This simulator... 4 December 2017
Novair Education has been chosen to deliver Sea Survival training to over 200 cabin crew as part of their initial training with Scandinavian Airlines (SAS). The company’s Sea Survival training is performed in cooperation with the rescue leaders at Stockholm Arlanda Airport at Halmsjön, a lake close to the... 30 November 2017
10 FlightSafety Instructors were presented with the Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award from the United States (US) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) during the month of November. The Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award is bestowed upon pilots by the FAA under Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14... 30 November 2017
Manchester, UK-based EDM has been shortlisted for the Insider North West International Trade Award 2017. Now in its seventh year, the awards recognise the overseas export success of companies in the North West of the UK across a wide range of different sectors. EDM has been shortlisted in the... 30 November 2017
ICAO Secretary General Dr. Fang Liu welcomes worldwide education, youth and air transport leaders to the NGAP Summit at ICAO’s Montreal HQ ICAO has completed its inaugural Next Generation of Aviation Professionals (NGAP) Global Summit in Montréal, which saw over 500 education and air transport leaders working together to... 30 November 2017
NetJets has donated seven Cessna Skyhawk 172 training aircraft to Ohio State University (OSU) in a reaffirmation of the long-standing relationship between the two entities. The new aircraft will enable OSU to meet the demands of an increasing number of students interested in flying careers. Since 2013, the number... 29 November 2017
Alsim has sold a refurbished AL200 MCC simulator to Montair Aviation, a flight training school located in Pitt-Meadows near Vancouver, Canada. The AL200 can be reconfigured to simulate a wide range of aircraft training, making it a vital part of Montair’s Integrated Airline Transport Pilot License (IATPL) course. The... 29 November 2017
Following the recent launch of its first Regional Demo Centre in Saronno, Italy, Antycip Simulation has officially opened ‘The Hub,’ a new Regional Demo Centre at its Oxfordshire, UK office. As a virtual reality and 3D immersive solutions integrator and a European leader in simulation software, Antycip Simulation’s new... 29 November 2017
infoWERK Medien & Technik GmbH has received an award in ‘Competency Management’ from the eLearning Journal for its Multimedia-Based Integrated and Interactive Simulation System (MUBIS) software. MUBIS was designed in collaboration with AeronautX Luftfahrtschule GmbH and the Austrian Research Promotion Agency to provide competency based training (CBT) for pilots... 29 November 2017
Republic has signed a partnership agreement with Lewis University for pilot development and career progression, marking the college aviation programme’s first agreement with an airline. The partnership enables flight students on collegiate aviation programmes to interview with the airline as early as their sophomore year. Students meeting Republic’s qualifications... 29 November 2017
Pictured (left to right): Rafael Hoyos, Iberia’s Director of Operations; and Oscar Sordo, CEO of FTEJerez Spain’s flag carrier, Iberia, has chosen FTEJerez to provide ab initio training for its future First Officers and Captains. Under a new ‘Mentored Airline Pilot Scheme,’ selected candidates will commence their training at... 29 November 2017
FSC is to add a new Airbus A320NEO full flight simulator to its Amsterdam Schiphol training facility which will be ready for training in April 2018. The CAE 7000XR Series FFS will be equipped with the CAE Tropos 6000XR visual system and feature the Airbus standard Version 2.0 NEO... 29 November 2017
Lake Region State College (LRSC) has signed an official agreement with CAE which will see the company provide internships for students studying to be simulator technicians. CAE has become one of LRSC’s Platinum partners, which collaborate with the college to optimise student learning, working closely with faculty and college... 22 November 2017
Pictured (left to right): John Givens, President of Bohemia Interactive Simulations, Inc.; and Rob Matthews, Strategic Advisor for Modeling and Simulation at Coe and Naylor Group. The National Center for Simulation (NCS) has welcomed John Givens, President of Bohemia Interactive Simulations, Inc.; and Rob Matthews, Strategic Advisor for Modeling... 22 November 2017
CAE has concluded the acquisition of AirAsia's share of the Asian Aviation Centre of Excellence (AACE) for US$100 million (including earn-out). The acquisition will allow CAE to expand its footprint in the fast-growing Asia Pacific aviation market, but the company will remain AirAsia Group's exclusive training partner of choice. 22 November 2017
After six years of research and development, Virtuasim launched new training products to support its Pilot Integrated Training (PIT) concept at the 2017 European Aviation Training Symposium in Berlin. The solutions consist of fully virtual (Vsim_PIT) or hybrid (Vsim_HYB) training offerings using Oculus Rift hardware. To reduce complexity, Virtuasim... 22 November 2017
L3 Commercial Training Solutions (L3 CTS) has been awarded a major relocation and upgrade contract by Japan’s All Nippon Airways (ANA). Under the new contract, L3 CTS will relocate 12 full flight simulators and eight lower-level devices from ANA’s current training facility in Tokyo to its newly built 22-bay... 21 November 2017
Together with its partner ‘The Little Engineer’, the Airbus Foundation has launched the Airbus Little Engineer (ALE) robotics programme in India. Contributing to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal of ‘Quality Education’, the initiative aims to encourage students between 10 and 16 years old to understand technology and develop... 20 November 2017
Pictured (left to right): Priti Bhowmick, Head of Safety Training and Craig D’Souza, Assistant Manager – Projects at Jet Airways with Robin Pijnaker, Managing director of Flame Aviation. Last week, India’s Jet Airways accepted its V9000 Commander Cabin Fire + Smoke Trainer at Flame Aviation’s factory in The Netherlands. 20 November 2017
Simhawk Inc. has added a chat functionality to its global flight simulator marketplace and extended the deadline for its Annual Simulator Training Survey. The new chat functionality allows buyers and sellers to communicate directly via Simhawk to seek additional details regarding requests and proposals that are submitted using its... 20 November 2017