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TRU Simulation + Training Inc. has received purchase orders from Boeing for the production of two full flight simulator (FFS) suites for Boeing's newest twin-aisle airliner, the 777-9. The purchase order for the two FFS suites follows an April 2016 announcement where the two companies entered into a multi-year agreement...   21 March 2017
Mesa Airlines, Inc. and Southern Airways Express have launched the Mesa-Southern Pilot Cadet Training Program, a newly-formed partnership providing career progression for Southern Airways pilots and a pipeline to future employment for qualified candidates at Mesa Airlines. The five-year agreement will provide up to $15,000 in combined forgivable loans to...   15 March 2017
GECI Española (GECI) has contracted Micro Nav Limited to upgrade the Air Traffic Control (ATC) simulator at the Empresa Cubana de Aeropuertos y Servicios Aeronáuticos (ECASA) training department. Micro Nav's BEST (Beginning to End for Simulation and Traiing) simulator at ECASA was originally installed over ten year ago. The installation...   15 March 2017
Egis, an international consultancy, engineering and operation group is pooling expertise with Camas, a French group specialised in airport training, to create a new aviation training centre in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. The CMA (Centre des Métiers de l'Aviation) was born from the objective of the two groups to pool their...   15 March 2017
The Joint Aviation Authorities Training Organisation (JAA TO) has been elected as a Member of the ICAO TRAINAIR PLUS Steering Committee (TPSC) for the period from 2017 to 2019. The election was amongst the Full Members and Regional Training Centres of Excellence (RTCE) of the TRAINAIR PLUS Programme. With 49...   15 March 2017
In 2016 Flight Training Europe (FTEJerez) announced a new partnership agreement with OSM Aviation. In terms of this agreement, OSM/Norwegian Airlines and FTEJerez jointly selected FTE's graduates to fly as First Officers for OSM's largest client, Norwegian Airlines. Since the announcement in 2016 some 14 FTEJerez graduates have joined Norwegian...   14 March 2017
Hawaiian Airlines has unveiled a new Airbus A321neo full flight simulator (FFS) at its corporate headquarters flight training facility. The simulator will allow Hawaiian to continue its Advanced Qualification Program for pilots, as the airline prepares to introduce 18 A321neo aircraft to its fleet starting early next year. Hawaiian employs...   14 March 2017
L3 Technologies has been awarded a contract valued at more than $115 million by HNA Group's Hainan Sky Plumage Flight Training Co. Ltd. to provide 11 full flight simulators and auxilliary training equipment over the next 18 months. This new business award follows the successful delivery of three RealitySeven™ Airbus...   14 March 2017
Tulmar Safety Systems has announced an exclusive partnership with Essex Industries to supply Protective Breathing Equipment (PBE) training hoods for its customers worldwide. In addition to manufacturing the Essex PBE training hoods, Tulmar will handle sales and global after-market support. The Essex PBE provides crewmembers with ocular, head and respiratory...   14 March 2017
Customer pilots have performed on-site acceptance testing of Reiser Simulation and Training's new full flight simulator for the Airbus H145 platform. Multiple missions covering the broad spectrum of challenging HEMS operations during day and night were conducted daily in order to prove the maturity of the company's new FFS product...   14 March 2017
FlightSafety International and Sikorsky have announced the entry into service of a new Graphical Flight-deck simulator designed specifically for the Sikorsky S-76D helicopter. The Graphical Flight-deck simulator is a key component of MATRIX, FlightSafety's Integrated Learning System. MATRIX is used throughout FlightSafety Learning Centers and by other leading organizations worldwide.   8 March 2017
Airways College, a flight training school created 30 years ago, has confirmed its desire to go abroad and in particular spread in Africa. The school signed a contract with Air Cote d'Ivoire in 2015 to train its cadets. The first promotion accomplished the theorectical part of the training in Yamoussoukro,...   8 March 2017
Last month the University of South Australia (UniSA) started a second Bachelor in Aviation program in partnership with Flight Training Adelaide (FTA). The three year degree program now has 90 students enrolled. In parallel with the Bachelor of Aviation program, FTA delivers ground theory and flight training for the UniSA...   8 March 2017
Aer Lingus has selected Pelesys' Training Management and Deployment System (TMDS) to meet their future eLearning and electronic training records management requirements. Aer Lingus will use Pelesys' Learning Managementn System (LMS) to distribute Pelesys' A320 and A330 type courses along with a complete complement of differences CCQ and aviation Special...   7 March 2017
Monarch Aircraft Engineering Limited (MAEL), the engineering division of Monarch, has launched its aeronautical engineering apprenticeship scheme for summer 2017. The four year scheme, which originally began in 1971, has already produced over 760 high calibre engineers and this year the intake increases from 18 to 22. The available positions...   7 March 2017
ALSIM Flight Simulators and Orient Flights Private Limited has signed an MoU to mutually support each other in the creation of simulator centres in India whose main focus will be to offer PPL, CPL, IR/SE/ME, MCC and JOC, MPL Phase 1 & 2, to the standards of DGCA/EASA/FAA. This training...   7 March 2017
FlightSafety International is now offering FAA-approved Part 142 Night Vision Goggle initial training for Airbus Helicopters H135, Bell 212, and Bell 412EP using Level D qualified simulators. FlightSafety has also introduced an NVG eLearning recurrent course. "The ongoing expansion of our NVG training for helicopter pilots demonstrates our investment and...   7 March 2017
Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB), the national carrier of Malaysia, is all set to embark on its Evidence-Based Training (EBT) journey. The airline announced that it has selected Hong-Kong based learning and technology provider, Peak Pacific to provide its product, 'CLEAR' to drive its EBT initiative. The move marks a major...   2 March 2017
ATR has officially inaugurated its new Training Center in Miami, Florida, US. This new facility is equipped with a brand new full flight simulator (FFS) for ATR-600 series aircraft, provided by CAE. The new ATR Training Center, located at the Airbus training premises, is especially oriented to current and future...   22 February 2017
Hong Kong-based Peak Pacific Limited has announced that its founder and CEO, Kishor Mistry, won the Global Training & Development Leadership Award for 2017, recently held by the World HRD Congress in Mumbai, India. This is the fifth award for Peak Pacific, and the fourth individual award for Kishor Mistry...   21 February 2017