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On 6 March, Netherlands-based AVION celebrated the inauguration of the Simliner flight training centre in Luqa, Malta, which has become the first to operate the new AVION Phantom 320 level D full flight simulator (FFS). The FFS was qualified by EASA for level-D operations in November 2017. It will... 12 March 2018
Okay Airways has become the latest airline to join Boeing’s commercial Pilot Development Program (PDP) alongside other Chinese customers including Kunming Airlines and YTO Airlines. Through the PDP, which is designed to develop cadets into 737 type-rated first officers, Boeing will oversee the screening, selection and training of 100... 12 March 2018
FlightSafety International has appointed Keith Anderson as its new Director of Engineering for simulation products. In this role, Anderson is responsible for all aspects of the design, development and support of FlightSafety’s training devices, including full flight simulators and other training products and equipment such as MATRIX, FlightSafety’s integrated... 12 March 2018
CAE has signed an exclusive five-year pilot training agreement with low-cost carrier T'Way Air, which is based in Korea, and will support its increasing Boeing 737NG pilot training needs from the second half of 2018. “As we experience rapid growth and expand our fleet, we are looking to our... 12 March 2018
BAA Training has become the first in the Baltic states to operate an Airbus A320 door and slide trainer at its headquarters in Vilnius, Lithuania. “At the moment, there are 331 airlines operating 7,527 A320 Family aircraft worldwide, 7,258 of which are operable A320 planes. In 2016, Airbus had... 12 March 2018
On 1 March 2018, ECS officially celebrated the grand opening of its new Huntsville, Alabama office in Cummings Research Park, which will focus on Aerospace programmes. The office will support ECS’ clients with cost-effective, quality products and services covering engineering, software development, 3D visualisation, augmented reality and virtual reality,... 7 March 2018
Following Merlin Flight Simulation Group’s successful international IT FLIES student aircraft design and handling competition at the UK’s University of Manchester in 2017, the group has confirmed the location will remain the same for 2018. Charles-Antoine Lassonnery, current President of The University of Manchester’s Flight Simulation Society, which is... 7 March 2018
Peach Aviation Limited (Peach) has announced plans to begin offering in-house training to pilots right from their initial steps towards obtaining their licenses. To date, Peach has hired pilots who have graduated from aviation universities or taken pilot courses at private universities and obtained the necessary licenses to fly... 7 March 2018
Alsim has sold an AL250 FNPT II simulator in the SEP/MEP configuration to its first Israeli customer, Sky Trainer Ltd. The AL250 will be installed in March 2018 and operated under Sky Trainer Ltd., an advanced simulator and pilot centre which operates in conjunction with Israel’s largest flight school,... 7 March 2018
UK-based Flyco Group is working in cooperation with BAA Training Academy to provide its newest customer – Kloten, Switzerland-based Helvetic Airways – with E-training systems and courseware. Helvetic Airways will use Flyco’s Advanced Learning Management System (A-LMS) and an extensive e-library of its courses for to train flight and... 6 March 2018
Halldale’s Business Manager Michelle Viens catches up with Zenia Bharucha, GoJet Airlines’ Manager of Pilot Recruiting (pictured) to find out the most common interview mistakes made by aspiring pilots and get some top tips for interview success. GoJet Airlines is sponsoring the Student Education and Careers in Aviation (SECA)... 6 March 2018
Rostock System-Technik GmbH (RST) has been selected to build door trainers for Hong Kong Airlines which will be used to train crew on its Airbus A320, A330 and A350 aircraft. Each of the door trainers consists of a 1L main entry door with all functions available as per each... 2 March 2018
In response to customer demand, Avsoft has released a new general subjects course for pilots in relation to Automatic Dependent Surveillance- Broadcast (ADS-B) surveillance technology. Avsoft’s new ADS-B course explores the important concepts, definitions, limitations, components, and procedures related to ADS-B surveillance technology. Topics discussed include system descriptions of... 2 March 2018
Pictured (left to right): Dominique MINEO, CEO of CEFA Aviation; and John Mansfield, Chief Digital Officer of GE Aviation CEFA Aviation and GE Aviation have come together to provide customers with a higher fidelity of data for airline flight safety analysis, operational efficiency and pilot training in a partnership... 2 March 2018
Kiel, Germany-headquartered software provider MINT Software Systems has reached its 20th anniversary following the introduction of its MINT Training Management System (MINT TRMS), which is now used by more than 60 aviation companies worldwide. MINT Software Systems began operations in 1998 and is now a recognised provider of training... 2 March 2018
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