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The V9000 Commander cabin fire + smoke trainer Middle East Airlines (MEA) ordered from Flame Aviation in June 2017 is now installed at the carrier’s new training center at Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut. Middle East Airlines, the national carrier of Lebanon, is the first airline in the... 27 October 2017
ALSIM has sold an ALX (SEP Complex, MEP, MEJ) simulator to Aeroclub di Varese, a flight school located in Venegono Inferiore, Italy. Aeroclub di Varese’s fleet consists of fifteen directly owned aircraft. The latest acquisitions are two Tecnam P2002JF’s equipped with Rotax engines and Garmin 500 and GNT 650... 26 October 2017
CISEFA is to supply Germania Airlines with its Software as a service (SaaS) training management system for online and offline electronic data collection, statistical analysis and record management. The SaaS solution covers record keeping, electronic grading (traditional, AQP/ATQP and EBT) and training scheduling in line with aviation authority regulations. 26 October 2017
Cairo, Egypt-based Nile Air is to use Flyco Group’s Advanced Learning Management System (A-LMS) and bespoke courseware to streamline and modernise its operations. Nile Air’s courseware library will consist of content for pilots, cabin crew members, dispatchers, technicians, managers, handling personnel, loadmasters and ground personnel. As the carrier operates... 26 October 2017
From left to right: Samuel Avila II, CEB’s VP Flight Operations; Lance Gokongwei, CEB’s President and CEO; Steven Young, Owner of FTA; and Johan Pienaar, CEO of FTA. Cebu Pacific (CEB) has launched a cadet pilot training programme in partnership with Flight Training Adelaide (FTA) to address expansion requirements... 26 October 2017
Together with Seeing Machines, Emirates has been using advanced gaze tracking technology to better understand how pilots interact and monitor instruments during real-time procedures that could pose safety risks. Emirates is collecting gaze data from a sample of Emirates line pilots while they’re flying standard training scenarios in Emirates... 26 October 2017
Jeff Van West has joined PilotWorkshops.com LLC in a newly formed Creative Director position. His primary responsibility will be managing the development and creation of the company’s pilot proficiency training programmes, including their flagship IFR Mastery programme. Jeff has 19 years of experience developing numerous aviation projects, ranging from... 25 October 2017
Simhawk Inc. has launched an Annual Simulator Training Survey to evaluate the industry’s satisfaction with simulator operators and training providers. The survey is open to all flight operations and individuals that utilise flight simulators for training. It will provide the first ever overall view of customer satisfaction in the... 25 October 2017
Airways Aviation has introduced a scholarship in collaboration with the British Women Pilots Association (BWPA) dedicated entirely to women. The £35,000 scholarship will to go towards the price of a full-time EASA pilot training course. It was revealed during an ‘Airline Pilot Careers Day’ held at company’s Oxford, UK... 25 October 2017
Connecticut, US-based STEMPilot has helped educators in Florida’s Pasco County create an Aviation Mobile Lab in a former school bus so students can learn aviation skills and techniques. The Career Technical Education (CTE) Director of Pasco County, Terry Aunchman, and Brian Sawyer, who works with the Pasco County Aviation... 25 October 2017
Boeing and Singapore Airlines (SIA) announced a deal worth up to $13.8 billion for 20 Boeing 777-9s and 19 Boeing 787-10s during a ceremony at the White House. The airline has the option for 12 additional aircrafts, six of each type. The ceremony was attended by Singapore Prime Minister Lee... 24 October 2017
Norway-based Pilot Flight Academy (PFA) has taken delivery of three new DA40 NGs from Diamond Aircraft Canada as part of its ongoing expansion plans. The academy is currently building an all-new fleet of DA40 NG and DA42 NG aircraft. They are equipped with jet-fuel Austro engines and the Garmin... 23 October 2017
43 Air School, the largest aviation training provider in South Africa, is to use MOMook software to manage its pilot training processes. MOMook’s aviation training management system has been designed to enable a smoother workflow by improving training scheduling, document management and expiration tracking, the student evaluation process for... 23 October 2017
Japanese carrier All Nippon Airways (ANA) is to deploy ECA Group's Airbus A320 Flight Management System Trainer (FMST) on mobile platforms for its pilots. ECA Group's A320 FMST is a simulation which runs on tablets, laptops, desktop PCs or coupled with hardware replicas. Pilots can be trained in procedures... 23 October 2017
ABX Air is planning to update and certify its Boeing 767-200 full flight simulator to provide Upset Prevention and Recovery Training (UPRT) enabled using the StallBox solution developed by Bihrle Applied Research Inc. This new capability will allow pilots to more accurately train to recognise and recover from a... 20 October 2017
Norway-based Pilot Flight Academy (PFA) has ordered two new DA42 NG simulators from Diamond Aircraft in Austria to meet the growing demand for new airline pilots. PFA’s CEO, Frode Granlund, commented, “These simulators are a part of our long-term strategy and expansion plan. We have invested highly in people... 20 October 2017
On 19 October 2017, Halldale Media's Chris Long witnessed the first Airbus A330neo take off at Blagnac in Toulouse, France for its maiden flight. The aircraft, MSN1795, is an A330-900 powered by the latest Rolls-Royce Trent 7000 turbofan engines and the first of three certification flight-test aircraft to fly. 20 October 2017
FlightSafety International has promoted Scott Goodwin to the position of Vice President, Simulation. In his new role, Scott will have overall responsibility for the design, manufacture and support of FlightSafety’s full flight simulators and other advanced technology training devices. Scott joined FlightSafety in 2014 as Deputy Director, Special Projects,... 19 October 2017
Canada-based Viking Air Limited has signed an agreement welcoming Ansett Aviation Training of Melbourne, Australia as the second Factory Endorsed Training Centre (FETC) for Viking CL-415 aerial firefighting aircraft. The FETC agreement will create a strategic partnership between Viking and Ansett Aviation Training that benefits CL-415 operators by ensuring... 19 October 2017
Brian Scott-Thomas provides an in-depth summary of APATS 2017, which saw 572 attendees across 47 airlines and 40 different countries. The Asia-Pacific aviation market is experiencing a major boom, and the global trend is also on an upward trajectory. Henceforth, collaboration between all the stakeholders in the industry is... 18 October 2017