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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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On 19 December, airBaltic hosted the first open day for candidates interested in applying to the its newly established Pilot Academy at airBalticTraining. The event was visited by over 200 interested individuals from Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. During the event, all attendees had the opportunity to get information about... 21 December 2017
ALSIM has sold an AL42 simulator to Canadian flight school Journey Air, which will become the first of its type in North America. Jonathan Carnie, Journey Air’s Operations Manager, explained, “Our aim was to find a flight training device which would replicate our multi engine and instrument training aircraft... 21 December 2017
Resource Group’s Aviation Technical Training division has received approval from the UAE’s General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) to perform basic aviation maintenance training and exams. The new CAR 147 certification from the GCAA allows Resource Group to deliver courses for CAR 66 Cat A, B1 & B2 licences across... 21 December 2017
Textron Aviation has received an order for two Beechcraft Baron G58 and two Beechcraft Bonanza G36 aircraft from the Egyptian Aviation Academy. The aircraft will join the academy’s exclusively Textron Aviation fleet, which also contains Cessna Citation Mustangs and Cessna Skyhawk 172s, as it continues to modernise its training... 21 December 2017
Peak Pacific has won the Gold award in the ‘Best Advance in Learning Management Technology for Compliance Training’ category at the Brandon Hall Group’s 2017 Excellence in Technology Awards. Peak Pacific’s entry was for CLEAR, its software as a service platform for competency and/or evidence-based training (C/EBT), and was... 18 December 2017
Flamingo Air’s Airline Ground School is now offering an aircraft electrician course which is fully accredited by the National Center for Aerospace Technology and Training (NCATT) and American Standards Training and Materials (ASTM). Taking place at Lunken Airport in Cincinnati, Ohio in the US, the course will cover topics... 18 December 2017
On 7 December, L3 Commercial Training Solutions (L3 CTS) held its largest annual pilot graduation ceremony to date, celebrating the achievements of 355 pilots. Held at Dibden Manor, L3’s selection centre, the ceremony was hosted by Acting President of L3 CTS, Robin Glover-Faure, and featured a speech from Captain... 18 December 2017
QantasLink has designed a new pilot recruitment programme in collaboration with five Australian universities. The ‘Qantas Future Pilot Programme’ offers aviation students at the University of New South Wales, Griffith University, the University of Southern Queensland, Swinburne University of Technology and RMIT University the opportunity to be mentored by... 18 December 2017
Czech Airlines Technics (CSAT) has signed a two-year Memorandum of Co-operation with the Faculty of Transportation Sciences at the Czech Technical University (CTU) in Prague. Under the Memorandum, CTU students in the Air Transport Department will have the opportunity to join a long-term vocational training programme run on CSAT’s... 15 December 2017
South Africa's Comair has acquired EPT Aviation Training as part of an ongoing diversification of its non-airline operations. Captain Glen Warden, Head of Comair’s Training Facilities, explained, “The new acquisition is an exciting development in line with Comair’s ongoing expansion of our non-airline facilities to mitigate against the weak... 15 December 2017
Brisbane, Australia-based Southern Pacific Flight Training has become a new customer of AXIS Flight Training Systems after ordering an ATR 72-600 full flight simulator (FFS). The simulator, which will be certified to CASA and EASA Level D FFS standards and feature ATR’s New Avionic Suite standards 2.1 and 3... 15 December 2017
Phase Two of the UPS/Ameriflight Gateway Programme, which allows current and future Ameriflight pilots to pursue a path to potential employment with UPS Airlines, has been agreed. Programme participants will need to have achieved the required personal and professional development benchmarks and completed the UPS mentoring programme. Successful completion... 15 December 2017
Pictured: Attendees from the latest aircraft accident investigation course at Cranfield University visit a Boeing 737 donated to the institution by Boeing Cranfield University recently marked the 40th anniversary of its aircraft accident investigation course, which was first run in conjunction with the Air Accidents Investigation Branch with a... 14 December 2017
Avsoft is pleased to announce the release of its Upset Recovery (UPRT) Course for pilots. Based on customer demand, Avsoft has developed a course that explores the important concepts, definitions, limitations, components and procedures related to Upset Prevention and Recovery Training (UPRT). This course covers both jet and turboprop... 14 December 2017
A new solution from CEFA Aviation, CEFA Aviation Mobile Services (AMS), delivers feedback to aircrews right after landing using a tablet with a secure internet connection to depict selected flight segments. CEFA AMS converts wireless Flight Data Recorder (FDR) data into a realistic animation in less than 10 minutes... 13 December 2017
Four students have just graduated from a three-day flight attendant training course held by Aerostar Training Services at the company’s Kissimmee Airport headquarters in Florida. During their training, the students covered topics including FAA regulations, aircraft terminology, the phonetic alphabet, military time, airport codes, weather and turbulence, flight attendant... 13 December 2017
Norway’s Pilot Flight Academy (PFA) has received 50 applications for its sponsored flight instructor programme during the two first weeks since its launch. Successful candidates will partake in a fully-sponsored EASA flight instructor course including ground school, 30 flight hours, an assessment flight and the licence issuing cost. On... 13 December 2017
FlightSafety International’s FS1000 full flight simulator (FFS) for the Pilatus PC-24 has received interim Level C qualification from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Training on the FFS – which is equipped with FlightSafety’s VITAL 1100 visual system, electric motion and control loading and new Instructor Operating Station –... 12 December 2017
airBaltic is now accepting applications for its newly established Pilot Academy at airBalticTraining. 20 successful candidates will become the first class of students on airBaltic Training’s professional airline pilot training programme and can look forward to emerging as pilots for the carrier in approximately two years’ time. Martin Gauss,... 12 December 2017
The Australian Airline Pilot Academy (AAPA), a wholly owned subsidiary of Regional Express (Rex), is commemorating its 10-year anniversary with a special ceremony coinciding with the graduation of Rex cadet pilots and a Vietnamese cadet destined for Vietnam Airlines. The cadet pilots have completed an intensive training programme beginning... 12 December 2017