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SPANISH FLIGHT SCHOOL FLYSCHOOL AIR ACADEMY BUYS AN ALSIM AL250

Alsim is pleased to announce the sale of an AL250 simulator to Spanish flight school Flyschool Air Academy,located in Madrid, Spain. The AL250 contains the best, state-of-the-art technology and is EASA-FNPT II (Flight Navigation Procedures Trainer) certified. It addresses initial phase training needs (PPL, CPL, IR/ME) and is SEP/MEP re-configurable. In addition, it offers both cl...

Expanding London Biggin Hill-based Oriens Aviation now supporting 12 Pilatus PC-12s at its Authorised Pilatus Service Centre

Oriens Aviation’s exclusive British Isles Pilatus Centre, formally opened this February at London Biggin Hill Airport, reports a strong nine months supporting a greater number of customers for maintenance and technical support.  It is now supporting 12 PC-12 regular customers, including 10 on the UK register – double the number since the start of this year, including two new ar...

Air BP announces fourth Sterling Pilot scholar amid global pilot shortage

Air BP has announced student Stephen Daly from the Republic of Ireland as its fourth Sterling Pilot Scholar. Two of three previous recipients of the scholarship are in the process of pursuing careers as commercial airline pilots underlining the value of the scheme. Air BP’s announcement comes as the industry experiences a global pilot shortage with 790,000 new civil aviation pilots re...

airBaltic Pilot Academy’s Second Group of Students Begin Studies

The Latvian airline airBaltictoday, on September 10, 2018, began studyprocess already for the second group of students of airline’s newly established Pilot Academy. The second group of 12 students will become airBalticpilots upon completion of the full-time programme in about two years from now. Pauls Cālītis, airBalticSVP Flight Operations: “We saw a tremen...

Milestone Aviation and Airbus to provide five H145 helicopters to Aramco

Milestone Aviation Group Limited (“Milestone”), a GECAS company and the global leader in helicopter leasing, and Airbus Helicopters announced today they will provide five H145s to Aramco Overseas Company, a subsidiary of Saudi Aramco, a fully integrated, global petroleum and chemicals enterprise. The five aircraft are sourced from Milestone’s orderbook with Airbus and are expe...

Guangzhou takes centre stage for global aviation event

World Routes 2018 to bring together 3,000 industry leaders Guangzhou is set to welcome more than 3,000 delegates from across the globe when the world’s premier air service development event returns to China. The 24th World Route Development Forum is being held in the city from 15-18 September 2018, providing a global meeting place for airlines, airpor...

Mike Goulian Leading as Red Bull Air Race World Championship Approaches

With the last three races of the season closing in, Cirrus Ambassador, Mike Goulian, is leading the pack of 14 Red Bull Air Race pilots by six points. The lead is substantial given the tight margin between racers all season, where just a tenth of a second has made the difference on the podium. Goulian is one of just two Americans competing in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship. He began t...

Airbus: Orders & Deliveries - August 2018

Airbus booked orders for five A320 Family jetliners in August while delivering a total of 54 aircraft from its A220/A320 single-aisle product lines and widebody A330/A350 XWBs. The new business involved three A320ceo (Current Engine Option) aircraft for Lufthansa and two A321neo (New Engine Option) versions for Air New Zealand. Both airlines currently operate large fleets of A320 Family jetline...

Rostec modernizes the Be-200 amphibious aircraft for foreign markets

Rostec’s United Engine Corporation has presented the project to re-equip the Be-200 amphibious aircraft with the Russian-French SaM146 engine unit. The presentation took place at the ongoing Hydroaviasalon-2018 exhibition in the Russian city of Gelendzhik. The modernization will make it possible to introduce the aircraft on the European and American markets, and also to begin the v...

MEBAA Conference in Jeddah highlights industry opportunities

The MEBAA Conference Jeddah took place 04.09.18. at the Jeddah Hilton, and brought together the business aviation industry from the region. Speaking at the event, Captain Bander Khaldi, managing director, National Aviation Academy, said that Saudi Arabia will require 8,800 pilots and 11,700 technicians by 2024 due to attrition replacement and fleet growth. During his presentation, he describe...

Airbus-sponsored Ang’elles earn their “wings”

The all-women parachuting team has proven its capabilities in international competitions A world-class parachuting squad requires many of the same qualities that have driven Airbus’ success around the globe: precision, focus and a great team spirit. This is according to Pascale Dumarcet, who is perfectly-positioned to compare the two activities: she’s a design office engineer wor...

easyJet partners with Singapore Airlines to connect travellers between Europe and South East Asia with ‘Worldwide by easyJet’

easyJet customers will be able to connect to long-haul flights with Singapore Airlines via Milan Malpensa and with Scoot via Berlin Tegel 10 airline partners will now be offering flights to 100 destinations through ‘Worldwide by easyJet’  Over 53 million easyJet customers will be able to connect to other airlines’ or easyJet flights  easyJet, Europe's le...