Haverfordwest consults on new instrument approaches
Haverfordwest airfield in Wales has begun a consultation process to introduce two instrument approaches at the airfield which has previously only been available for aircraft able to make a VFR approach. The proposed GNSS procedures will be available on runway 03 and 21, and the airfield estimates that around 6% of annual traffic, or 220 flight per year, would use the satellite-guided approaches. In July 2016, Haverfordwest Aerodrome...
Pilot Flight Academy (PFA) orders simulators
Pilot Flight Academy (PFA) based in Norway has ordered two new DA42 NG simulators from Diamond Aircraft in Austria in order to meet the growing demand for new airline pilots. CEO of PFA, Frode Granlund said: “These simulators are a part of our long-term strategy and expansion plan. We have invested highly in people and good administrative systems to be able to educate larger groups of future airline pilots. Currently, we have 150...
Virtual Aviation secure funding for expansion
Cambridge-based Virtual Aviation (VA) has announced that it has secured multi-million pound funding to facilitate its expansion plans. The funding package comprises new equity investment and a substantial asset leasing facility to support the ongoing acquisition of additional new flight simulators. VA will take delivery of a brand new simulator at its Cambridge Airport Flight Training Centre before Christmas – and the asset...
Emirates Flight Training Academy opens
Emirates Flight Training Academy for training ab initio pilots has been officially inaugurated during the Dubai Airshow. His Highness Sheikh Ahmed, one of the many dignitaries present, said: “The Emirates Flight Training Academy is designed to be one of the most advanced flight training facilities not just in the Middle East region, but in the entire world. This is the only academy in the world that provides complete integration of...
OSM Aviation takes controlling stake in SAA, open new school
OSM Aviation is acquiring 51 per cent of the shares in Scandinavian Aviation Academy (SAA), which will become the largest pilot school in the Nordic region. To increase its capacity, SAA is to open a new training facility, – OSM Aviation Academy -, at Norway’s Arendal Airport Gullknapp, where both Norwegian and international students will receive training with a developed career path and permanent employment as a pilot with OSM...
Iberia partners with FTEJerez
FTEJerez has been appointed as the official flight training provider for Iberia’s future pilots. Established in 1927 and now serving over a hundred destinations across 48 countries, Iberia is Spain’s most important airline and the leading airline between Europe and Latin America. In this new Mentored Airline Pilot Scheme, selected candidates will commence their training at FTEJerez in early 2018 joining FTE’s AFOP (Airline...
