ACS Announces Growth Plans with £1m Investment
Apr25

ACS Announces Growth Plans with £1m Investment

ACS Aviation, a Scottish flying school and aircraft maintenance company, has announced a £1 million investment in aircraft, airside facilities and online presence. Based at Perth Airport, the former WWII airfield owned by Morris Leslie Group, is earmarked as a potential site for further development in the UK and Scottish Government-backed Tay Cities Deal. Potential upgrading of the airfield and its surrounding facilities under the...

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Virtual Aviation Launches UK’s First APS MCC Course
Apr22

Virtual Aviation Launches UK’s First APS MCC Course

Virtual Aviation has launched its new ‘Airline Ready’ APS MCC course, the first of its kind to be approved by the UK Civil Aviation Authority. The APS MCC course structure was introduced by EASA to deliver enhanced MCC training to Airline Pilot Standards. It is intended to equip a pilot with the knowledge, skills and attitudes required to commence initial type rating training to the standards generally required by a commercial air...

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L3 CTS Signs Three Year Training Agreement with WOW Air
Apr15

L3 CTS Signs Three Year Training Agreement with WOW Air

L3 Commercial Training Solutions (L3 CTS) has announced a new training agreement with WOW air to deliver recurrent training for the airline. The Icelandic carrier has selected L3 CTS for a three-year contract, with an option for renewal, to deliver training for pilots across its A320 and A330 fleets. The agreement commences immediately and means the airline will also be one of the first customers at the L3 London Training Center, the...

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Aeros Expands with Doncaster Training Base
Apr14

Aeros Expands with Doncaster Training Base

Aeros Flight Training, a major UK-based modular flight training school, has opened a new base at Doncaster Sheffield Airport to facilitate the expansion of the company’s operations. The move will allow Aeros, part of the renamed Aeros Global Ltd group, to establish itself as a major flight training organisation in the north of England, as it looks to strengthen its position as a leading modular school. Aeros say that with Doncaster...

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Tayside Aviation Invests in Alsim ALX Flight Simulator
Apr10

Tayside Aviation Invests in Alsim ALX Flight Simulator

Alsim has announced the sale of an ALX simulator – Multi Engine Piston, Light Turboprop, Medium Turboprop and Medium Jet – to Tayside Aviation in Dundee. “The ALX is a high quality device and the versatility of the simulator will allow us to develop an MPL with our partner airline.” The Scottish training facility delivers the full time ATPL theory courses as well as the modular ATPL and Flying Instructor...

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