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TAG Global Training, TAG Aviation Europe's professional crew training division, has taken delivery of a new purpose-built fire and smoke training rig at its aviation training centre based at TAG Farnborough Airport. The fuselage-shaped unit was designed by Minerva Simulation Facilities to TAG Global Training's specifications with a representative business...   31 July 2013
Norwegian Long Haul has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Virgin Atlantic. The agreement enables Norwegian to tap into Virgin Atlantic's expertise on long-haul operations, while Virgin Atlantic's instructors will receive pilot training on board Norwegian's brand new B787-8 Dreamliner. Virgin Atlantic's 787 instructors will conduct the final part...   31 July 2013
Jeppesen has teamed with Peters Software GmbH to deliver airline transport pilot training materials for flight schools and universities in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. Peters Software and Jeppesen will work together to produce the airline pilot training materials for use with various platforms, including e-books, PC...   31 July 2013
Boeing is enhancing its flight training support for customer airlines in Asia Pacific, Europe and the Americas by adding and repositioning a number of flight training devices within its global network and includes new capabilities for training on Next-Generation 737, 777 and 787 Dreamliners. Boeing Flight Services will install two...   31 July 2013
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Asia and the International Executive Education Center (IEEC) have reached an agreement to deliver full-time aviation/aerospace bachelor degree programs in Singapore. The Council for Private Education (CPE) approved Embry-Riddle's Bachelor of Science in Aviation Business Administration (BSABA) program and the University plans to start teaching the...   31 July 2013
FlightSafety Academy has announced a unique opportunity for pilots to build the number of hours required to qualify to fly for regional airlines in the United States. Successful candidates will be offered employment as a flight instructor at FlightSafety Academy and earn advanced ratings at no cost. The hours flown...   31 July 2013
JETSTREAM Aviation Academy, following an extensive audit in both its Dubai and Athens training centers, has received certification from the United Arab Emirates General Civil Aviation Authority (UAE GCAA ATO 20/2013) as an Approved Training Organization (ATO). This initial certification contains approvals for ATPL (A) Integrated and CPL (H) Modular...   31 July 2013
Wizz Air, a low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, has celebrated the grand opening of the new Wizz Air Flight Simulator and Training Center at Ferenc Liszt International Airport in Budapest. The training center is equipped with an A320 full flight simulator for pilot training and two aircraft cabin...   31 July 2013
AeronautX Luftfahrtschule of Austria has successfully implemented its newly developed Upset Prevention and Recovery Training - bLOC© (beat Loss Of Control) into its approved MPL course. The company says bLOC© has been proven to be very effective in training for the avoidance of in-flight loss of control. The training consists of...   31 July 2013
Swiss AviationTraining (SAT) has unveiled their new CAE Embraer 190 full flight simulator. The new E-Jet 190 simulator is now available for use at the Lufthansa Flight Training Center in Frankfurt. SAT already operates an E-Jet simulator in Munich, and the new Frankfurt location complements these existing training operations. SAT's...   31 July 2013
Anadolu University in Turkey, has ordered two new Entrol simulators, a FNPT II simulator based on the Socata TB20 and a FNPT II MCC simulator based on the King Air C90GTi. Both simulators will be equipped with a worldwide terrain and navigation database and all indicators and panels fully operative,...   31 July 2013
Emirates-CAE Flight Training has announced that its dual configuration full flight simulator for Bombardier Challenger 604 and Challenger 605 business jets, the only one of its kind worldwide, has received certification from the Hong Kong Aviation Civil Aviation Department (HK CAD), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the European Aviation Safety...   31 July 2013
OPINICUS' Cessna CJ3 ODYSSEY™ 9 simulator has been qualified by the FAA under Part 60 and is also fully compliant with ICAO Type 5 FSTD, under 9625, Ed. 3, for ProFlight, a training company located in Carlsbad, CA. The ICAO Type 5 FSTD is the highest level of a non-motion...   31 July 2013
RSI Visual Systems Inc. has completed two installations at British Airways Flight Training in the UK on the new A380 and B787 full flight simulators. Both visual systems completed the EASA CAA level ‘D’ inspection earlier this year and the simulators are now being used for BA pilot conversion training...   31 July 2013
Mount Cook Airline, a subsidiary of Air New Zealand, is the latest ATR operator to choose the Mechtronix ATR 72-600 flat panel trainer (FPT). The new trainer will be used to help convert pilots from the airlines existing fleet of ATR 72-500s to the 72-600s. Two of CAE’s simulators located...   31 July 2013
L-3 Link Simulation & Training’s (L-3 Link) Crawley, UK-based operation has been awarded Level D certifications on individual simulators that replicate British Airways’ (BA) A380-800 and All Nippon Airways’ (ANA) B777-300ER platforms. The ANA B777-300ER full flight simulator (FFS) has the added flexibility to be reconfigured to support Level D...   31 July 2013
FlightSafety International’s full flight simulator for the Embraer Executive Jets Legacy 650 aircraft has been qualified to Level D by the United States FAA; Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil in Brazil; and European Aviation Safety Agency. The new simulator is located at FlightSafety’s Learning Center in St. Louis, Missouri. Pacific...   31 July 2013
Global Training Aviation (GTA) is working to establish a commercial joint venture with Nusa Flying International. The joint venture will initially cater to ATR 42/72 and Airbus A320 series pilot type-rating training requirements and will provide 'wet' instructor-led type-rating training to Indonesian Airlines current and new-hire pilots, and to other...   31 July 2013
FlightSafety International is expanding its Gulfstream aircraft maintenance training programs in China through a cooperative agreement with Lufthansa HNA Technical Training. The training will be offered in Haikou and Xi’an, China. It will also support maintenance technicians based in Hong Kong, Macau, Mongolia, and Taiwan. The courses will be provided...   31 July 2013
Piper Aircraft Inc. and CAE have announced the introduction of 35 Piper single-engine and twin-engine training airplanes to its CAE Oxford Aviation Academy fleet. The agreement includes firm orders for 22 single-engine Archer TX training airplanes and 13 twin-engine trainers, as well as parts and service. Deliveries will start this...   31 July 2013