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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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Ryanair has ordered five V7000 Brigade™ cabin fire + smoke trainers from Netherlands-based Flame Aviation. The first fire trainer is destined for Ryanair's brand new training facility in Bergamo, Italy. Ryanair holds a further four options for similar cabin fire + smoke trainers for other training hubs within its continuously... 31 August 2016
Avsoft has released its Head-up Guidance System (HGS) General Subject Course for pilots. The course features three modules that cover the evolution, the equipment, the symbology and the operation of the Head-up Guidance System used on the Dash 8 Q400 aircraft. This course was developed in cooperation with, and initially... 31 August 2016
TRU Simulation + Training Inc's Bombardier CRJ 900 FFS X™ full flight simulator has successfully been installed at China Express Airline’s training center in Chongqing, People's Republic of China and has received Level D qualifications from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC). The FFS X simulator features an electrical... 30 August 2016
HAITE Aviation Training Singapore shared a series of progress updates at the Asia Pacific Airline Training Symposium (APATS) this week in Singapore. In April 2015, HAITE Singapore inaugurated a 21,000m² building and training centre in Changi Business Park. The facility is the largest independent aircraft pilot training centre in Singapore... 30 August 2016
The Civil Aviation Authority’s (CAA )Air Navigation Order (ANO) 2016 – an update to ANO 2009 – took effect 25th August 2016, with amendments that are applicable to those who operate a UAS across the UK. The CAA approved National Qualification Event (NQE) with regards to drones, and UAVAir has... 30 August 2016
CAE has extended the Japan Airlines (JAL) Multi-Crew Pilot License (MPL) First Officer Program for three additional years to a total of 10 years, effective until October 2023. Under the renewed agreement, 24 additional cadets will be selected to begin MPL training for the Japanese airline. "At Japan Airlines we... 30 August 2016
CAE announced at the 2016 Asia Pacific Airline Training Symposium that it has signed a new pilot training agreement with Korea Airports Corporation (KAC), a decision welcomed by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) of the Republic of Korea. This 5-year contract complements the recently announced sale of... 30 August 2016
Pelesys has been selected by Air Vanuatu to provide its Training Management and Deployment System (TMDS) and eLearning Courseware. Pelesys will implement their system in support of current new hire and upgrade training for the Boeing 737NG fleet, recurrent training requirements, and future growth opportunities. The Software as a Service... 29 August 2016
Pilot Flight Academy has set up a cooperation with the Cockpit Association of Norway and the foundation FIRST Scandinavia, awarding scholarships for study starting in January 2017. Frode Granlund, CEO of Pilot Flight Academy, explained that the background for this scholarship project is the situation of an increasing pilot shortage,... 29 August 2016
Flightline Training Company, a Brampton-based aircraft maintenance training company, has been granted its 65th Transport Canada approval for its maintenance training programs. "I am very proud of our organization, it has been 15 years since we started and with a lot of hard work and dedication we have achieved this... 29 August 2016
Pelesys has released its updated 2016 EASA Fatigue Risk Management course. The course features an interactive learning environment designed for experienced flight crew who require either initial or recurrent training. High quality digital graphics, images, and animations work to engage trainees as they learn to manage fatigue issues for flight... 24 August 2016
Flyco Training Solutions has signed an additional long-term agreement with Corendon Airlines to provide fully customised Learning Management System and courseware. The users will also be benefiting from Flyco's "Train Anywhere Anytime" applications. "Our tailor-made training solutions allow our clients to customise their reports, courseware and their overall system in... 24 August 2016
The FAA has certified the Frasca Bell 407 Level 7 flight training device at the Helicopter Flight Training Center as a BH407GX with NVG capabilities. The new certification permits the training center to take the cockpit from analog to glass, a change that will occur about once a month for... 23 August 2016
Aerosim Flight Academy has launched a Veterans Scholarship Program that offers up to $10,000 in financial assistance toward tuition for its Airline Pilot Track to veterans who want to pursue a career in aviation. Scholarship amounts will vary, are limited and will remain available until depleted. Aerosim Veterans Applicants’ Scholarship... 22 August 2016
EDM, a provider of training simulators to the civil aviation and defense sectors, is being featured in a new TV documentary series, “Mega Shippers”. The “Mega Shippers” episode featuring EDM – Ultimate Cruise Ship – is scheduled to run in the United Kingdom on Quest TV (Virgin-172, Sky-144, Freeview-37) at... 15 August 2016
Avsoft International has signed an eLearning contract with CEMAIR, a South African carrier, to provide an aircraft systems pilot course for the Bombardier Q300 and the CRJ200. As part of the contract, CEMAIR will use Avsoft's state-of-the-art Learning Management System (LMS). Avsoft's LMS enables an organization to deliver courses based... 12 August 2016
EDM has launched an Internship Programme for undergraduates. The Programme is open to university students currently studying for an engineering or science related degree at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) who wish to gain real job experience in a modern manufacturing environment. During their 12-month work placement each intern... 11 August 2016
Hong Kong-based Peak Pacific Limited has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Seattle-based CA Training Solutions for cooperation in the area of cabin crew training solutions. The MoU paves the way for Peak Pacific and CA Training to collaborate and design, develop and market eLearning content products for the... 11 August 2016
FlightSafety International’s second simulator for the Cessna Citation Latitude aircraft has been qualified to Level D by the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The new FlightSafety FS1000 simulator is located at FlightSafety's Learning Center in Columbus, Ohio. The expanded aerodynamic model developed by FlightSafety and incorporated into the Citation... 10 August 2016
Chris Neal, managing director of Merlin Flight Simulation Group has presented a paper at The IMAGE Society 2016 Conference at Dayton entitled 'Visual Application within Academic Aero Engineering Teaching and Research'. Co-written with The University of Dayton's Prof. Aaron Altman, the paper detailed the history and evolution of visual displays... 4 August 2016