Cranfield Airfield Operations Restricted
Cranfield airfield, once a busy training base for a number of flying schools and still a popular destination for instrument approach training, has announced sweeping changes to its operating hours because, it says, of a lack of Air Traffic Controllers. The airfield now appears to be closed to all traffic at weekends and during weekdays a minimum of 24 hours ‘Prior Notification Required (PNR) applies, with prospective users having to...
Government throws lifeline to Manston
According to RiverOak Investments, bidders for the currently closed Manston Airport in Kent, the Secretary of State for Transport – Chris Grayling – has confirmed ongoing support for re-opening Manston Airport. Speaking in the House of Commons the Secretary of State said that while he recognised that there were differences of local opinion about the future of the airport in East Kent, the Government “would be perfectly...
EASA publishes consolidated rules documents
The latest consolidated rules for the EU regulations known as Part-FCL, Part-ORA and Part-ARA have now been published and are available for free download on the EASA website. The PDF documents include the Implementing Rules (IR) and the Acceptable Means of Compliance/Guidance Material (AMC/GM) in a merged format. EASA says that it intends to update the documents (within a certain time period, and subject to workload) after each...
EAS Barcelona Select Tecnam
European Aviation School (EAS) Barcelona, a new flight training school for both professional pilots and cabin crew, has selected Tecnam as its exclusive supplier of training aircraft. The latest of these aircraft, a new Tecnam P2006T, was collected from Tecnam’s factory in Capua, Italy by EAS Barcelona’s Head of Training Jorge Garcia with Tecnam’s Spanish Dealer Alvaro Lapetra. P2006T EC-MNG joins two recently delivered Tecnam...
CAE extends MPL Program with Japan Airlines
CAE has extended the Japan Airlines (JAL) Multi-Crew Pilot Licence (MPL) First Officer Program for 3 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 are committed to creating highly competent professional pilots and we have been impressed by the high quality training...
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