Category Archives: Training and Recruitment

Atlantic Flight Training Academy (AFTA) has confirmed a new partnership with VistaJet, running its new Pilot Mentored Program. Based in County Cork in Ireland and founded in 1995, AFTA is an EASA Approved Flight Training Organisation (AFTO), successfully training over 2,500 commercial pilots to date, making it well placed to train the next generation ofRead More

US flight training academy AeroGuard Flight Training Center has signed an agreement with Qatar Aeronautical Academy (QAA) to train its cadets in the US. The strategic agreement involves the two companies collaborating on the joint delivery of pilot training programmes, including establishing AeroGuard’s Arizona campus as an additional training location for QAA. In addition toRead More

Spanish Approved Training Organisation (ATO) FlyBy has placed an order for four additional Tecnam P2008JC aircraft. Based in Burgos, Spain, FlyBy already operates an all-Tecnam fleet of P2002JF, P2006T, P2008JC and P-Mentor aircraft, totalling 16 airframes. FlyBy conducts integrated training at its base, offering a 14-month course covering ATPL ground school, PPL, CPL, IR andRead More

Airbus and Mubadala Investment Company have signed an agreement to provide internship opportunities for Emirati senior university students in engineering. Over the next three years, 12 Emirati engineering students will be hosted at the Airbus headquarters in Toulouse, France, where they will perform their internship under the supervision of Airbus experts and specialists. Fatima AlRead More

Ethiopian Aviation University has graduated 627 aviation professionals at a ceremony held at the newly upgraded Ethiopian Aviation University. The graduates were trainees in the University’s Pilot, Aircraft Maintenance Technician, Cabin Crew & Catering, and Commercial & Ground Services programmes. 88 pilots, 125 aircraft technicians, 150 cabin crews, and 264 commercial trainees begin the aviationRead More

CAE and Aircraft Performance Group, a flight operations software provider, have announced a strategic partnership to enhance training. APG’s expertise in aircraft performance and runway analysis instruction is being brought in to enhance CAE’s overall business aviation training offering. “The partnership with APG enhances CAE’s business aviation training by giving our instructor pilots unique insightRead More

The ongoing aircraft mechanics shortage has prompted West Star Aviation to open a maintenance school called West Star Aviation Academy (WSAA) in January at its facility in East Alton, Illinois, the company said. West Star plans to hire 25 apprentices who will spend seven and a half months learning and earning wages and benefits. TheyRead More

Sydney Flight College will open a second academy at Tamworth in July next year. The new site is 400km north of the SFC’s original at Bankstown and will house 32 students and 10 instructors along with a fleet of training aircraft. New cohorts of students will start every month and will be able to studyRead More

Tennessee Flight Training has announced the purchase of the flight training division of Azure Flight Support, which includes Shelbyville Flight Academy as well as flight training locations in Crossville and Cleveland, TN. The acquisition also enables a long-term strategic partnership for Fixed Base Operator (FBO) services and maintenance. “This partnership allows Tennessee Flight Training toRead More

Global Pilot Training Group Ansett Aviation Training Announces EASA Certification of ATR72-600 Full Flight Simulator at its Dubai, Middle East Training Center Australia headquartered global operator of pilot simulator training centers Ansett Aviation Training (AAT) has announced that its Ansett Aviation Training Dubai ATR72-600 full flight simulator has been certified by the European Union AviationRead More