Reading Time: < 1 minute Ryanair has opened a training center at London Stansted Airport, as it seeks 1,000 more pilots, cabin crew and engineers this year to fuel its expansion. The European training center includes four full-flight simulators, an aircraft interior for cabin crew training and a full-scale engineering training aircraft. “These new facilities will allow Ryanair to recruit […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Today at the International Training and Education Conference (ITEC), Europe’s largest show for military training and simulation, CAE announced that the Naval Warfare Training System for the Swedish Navy has arrived in Sweden and installation has begun at the Naval Warfare Centre in Karlskrona. CAE has delivered a comprehensive Naval Tactical Mission Trainer (TMT) suite […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes IFS, the global enterprise applications company, announces that Affinity Flying Training Services has chosen IFS Applications™ 9 and IFS Managed Cloud™ as one integrated solution for aircraft maintenance and ERP. The agreement with IFS, including licenses, is valued at approximately £1.2 million for the first six years of the 18-year contract. Affinity Flying Services Limited […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Global aviation training solutions provider BAA Training announced new capabilities for Boeing 737 NG, Airbus A320 and Dash 8Q400 pilot type rating training. BAA Training has signed an agreement with Quadrant Systems, based in Burgess Hill UK for lease of Boeing 737NG and Airbus A320 simulators and classroom facilities. In addition to that, BAA Training […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute The working relationship between the European Regions Airline Association (ERA) and the Regional Airline Association (RAA) continues to be of great benefit to both parties, notes Simon McNamara, Director General ERA, from the RAA’s annual conference in Charlotte, North Carolina, US. “Attending this year’s highly productive RAA conference has reaffirmed the importance of working closely with our US […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes An international company based in Daleville that trains pilots, flight engineers and maintenance technicians on Russian Mi-17 helicopter simulators is in the process of obtaining foreign certification. Concord XXI USA, located on Robert C. Barnes Drive, moved toward completion of a foreign certification this week through the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), via the State […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Purdue Research Park Aerospace District in West Lafayette, Indiana, announced a partnership that will make the university a sales, maintenance and training center for Italy’s Tecnam, a maker of general aviation piston airplanes. “There is a tremendous challenge of pilot scarcity in U.S. aviation. One of our most important endeavors is to train and […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Last week, Alaska Airlines became the first commercial airline in the world to receive FAA certification of an enhanced full-stall model in a flight simulator, which helps pilots train to recognize and recover from a full aerodynamic stall. While this type of mid-air stall is extremely rare, simulator training helps pilots prepare for worst-case scenarios. […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Boeing has equipped the U.S. Navy’s new P-8 Maintenance Training Facility with a suite of realistic, interactive training systems, another key step in the service’s efforts to fully integrate the aircraft into the fleet. Based at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, the center allows the Navy to provide immersive training for those maintaining P-8A Poseidon aircraft […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Speaking at the AUVSI annual conference in New Orleans, FAA Administrator Michael Huerta announced the agency is establishing a broad-based advisory committee that will provide advice on key unmanned aircraft integration issues. He also announced plans to make it easier for students to fly unmanned aircraft (PDF) as part of their coursework. Huerta said the […]