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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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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
EDM has purchased four new CNC machines over the past 12 months to help meet the demands of its rapidly growing order book. The introduction of the four new CNC machines – a Mazak VTC-800, Mazak VTC-760, Mazak VCN-530C and Mazak Variaxis i-500 – amount to an investment £1m... 18 October 2017
Kansas State University’s Polytechnic Campus is launching a professional development programme focused on the understanding and application of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations and processes used in aircraft type and production certification. The first intake will begin their studies in January 2018 with an introductory course that provides an... 18 October 2017
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has officially opened a regional office in Singapore to strengthen its partnership with the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS). Singapore is the fourth EASA regional office after Washington, US; Montreal, Canada; and Beijing, China. The office will be composed of two permanent... 18 October 2017
Multi Pilot Simulations (MPS) has upgraded a Boeing 737 FTD-1 simulator at Ryanair’s training centre in Stansted to FTD-2 which has now been certified by the UK CAA. Ryanair’s Head of Training, Captain Andy O’Shea, commented, “We are pleased with the successful qualification of our first MPS FTD-2. MPS... 18 October 2017