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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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In recent years, Airbus has regularly been displaying its thoughts about how aviation might look in the future, with examples stretching as far ahead as 2050. On day one of WATS 2017, the OEM took a look at what major changes are potentially going to take place in pilot... 3 May 2017
EVA Air Corporation, an airline in Taiwan, rolled out its Evidence-Based Training (EBT) initiative, moving the airline into a new era of analysis-based training management solution with Peak Pacific’s Clear Suite. In late 2014, EVA Air embarked on a project to introduce Evidence-based Training (EBT) in response to EVA... 2 May 2017
L3 Electronic Systems have announced that products and services from Link UK, CTC Aviation and Aerosim Technologies will now be delivered under one unified brand – L3 Commercial Training Solutions (L3 CTS). L3 CTS provides the commercial aviation marketplace with a full spectrum of pilot training solutions, including cadet... 2 May 2017
CAE announced at WATS 2017 the extension of its North American training footprint in Minneapolis St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. Through this centre, CAE has extended its ability to support regional airline customers, including Endeavor Air and Compass Airlines, as well as Sun Country Airlines with their growing pilot training... 2 May 2017
FlightSafety International has announced that Andrew Morris has joined the company as Director, Commercial Air Transport Simulator Sales. His main responsibilities are to identify and pursue new business opportunities for FlightSafety's advanced technology simulation products and comprehensive services among operators of commercial aircraft. This includes developing and promoting products and... 1 May 2017
TRU Simulation + Training has completed ICAO 9625 Edition 4 Interim Type VII qualification of the Boeing 737 MAX full flight simulator (FFS) by the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) at the Boeing Training Campus in Singapore. The successful qualification marks the second of four 737 MAX FFSs that TRU... 1 May 2017
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has ordered a cabin fire and smoke trainer with Flame Aviation from the Netherlands. The fire trainer will be installed inside KLM’s new crew training center at Schiphol-Oost. The new training center is currently under construction and the fire trainer will be installed in the... 1 May 2017
Aviation Performance Solutions (APS) announced today at the World Aviation Training Conference and Tradeshow (WATS 2017) the official release of its Boeing Type-Specific Upset Prevention and Recovery Training (UPRT) programs. The APS Boeing 737 / 747 / 757 / 767 / 777 / 787 type-specific UPRT program is in... 1 May 2017
ANA Holdings will invest about 40 billion yen ($360 million) in new training facilities that can replicate such situations as accidents and inclement weather to improve the quality of its pilots and flight attendants. The new facility will be built in Ota Ward, Tokyo, and will boast eight floors totaling... 1 May 2017
CPaT Global, a provider of distance learning courses for the airline and aviation industries, developed new courseware in support of the B737 MAX that will use Boeing technical data available through CPaT’s license agreement with The Boeing Company. The B737 NG to B737 MAX differences course is expected to... 1 May 2017
Quadrant Group continues to progress development of a Simulated Air Traffic Control Environment (SATCE) solution for flight simulators, called QUADRANT INTERACT™. Recent milestones include the successful integration of INTERACT in high fidelity, fixed-base FTDs manufactured by Multi Pilot Simulations BV (MPS). This is another significant step towards INTERACT becoming... 1 May 2017
Pelesys has announced that Aegean Airlines, Greece's largest airline and a Star Alliance member, has selected Pelesys TMDS and Special Operations courses for their flight operations training. Pelesys TMDS will be deployed as a Software as a Service (SaaS) solution that includes Pelesys' Learning Management System (LMS), Exam Generation System... 1 May 2017
Frasca International has sold a Level 5 flight training device (FTD) for the Airbus H125 AStar (350B3) single-engine helicopter to Aero Asahi Corporation (AAC), Japan's leading civil helicopter company. The new Frasca Level 5 FTD will be used by Aero Asahi for H125 pilot training as well as to provide... 26 April 2017
Aurigny Air Services, Guernsey's (Channel Islands, UK) flag carrier and state owned airline, has awarded Avsoft a long-term training contract for recurrent pilot training for the ATR 72-500 and other aircraft in its fleet. Avsoft's ATR aircraft systems course is an ideal fit for Aurigny, as it is fully flexible... 26 April 2017
Flyco Training Solutions has entered into a long term agreement with two operators AirX GmbH and Advanced Aviation Logistics in Germany. Flyco will be deploying their Advanced Learning Management System and providing the two newly joined companies with their extensive courseware library to cover the training requirements of their pilots,... 26 April 2017
Britannica Knowledge Systems is launching a groundbreaking aviation scheduling optimization solution at the 20th World Aviation Training Conference and Tradeshow (WATS) in Orlando next week. This sophisticated system, "the Optimizer", reduces training management costs through aviation industry-tailored hybrid algorithms and heuristics that achieve highest valid level of scheduling efficiency. With... 26 April 2017
EDM is launching its new range of virtual reality (VR) cabin crew training simulators at the World Aviation Training Conference and Tradeshow (WATS) in Orlando, Florida, May 2 - 4 2017. EDM has developed its new VR product range to meet the increasing demand from airlines wanting to train their... 25 April 2017
Tulmar Safety Systems has added 10 new international customer accounts for its diversified line of cabin crew training equipment since January 2017. "Our increased marketing and sales efforts to the airlines and training centers of the world combined with our distribution partnerships and exclusive partnership with Essex for the supply... 25 April 2017
AeroStar Training Services has recently relocated from their office in Orlando, Florida, to a new larger space at the Kissimmee Gateway Airport. This facility in the greater Orlando area is just minutes from the old location. The new facility accommodates more office space, and will house two brand new full... 20 April 2017
Global One Training Group, LLC has signed a long-term eLearning agreement with Avsoft International. Global One selected Avsoft's A320, ATR 42-300, ATR 72-500, ATR 72-600, and B737-300 aircraft system courses to be used for both Type Rating and Recurrent Training tailored by Global One to suite its customer base. In... 19 April 2017