Trichy: Madras Flying Club, one of the oldest flying clubs in the country, was to be shifted from Chennai to Tiruchy. However, even senior airport officials are unsure when the club would start functioning from here, “We have provided office…
Category: Pilot Schools
Global Training Aviation unveil the new Boeing B737NG flight simulator, developed by Indra
Madrid: Global Training Aviation (GTA), a company associated with Indra and specialized in the provision of aviation pilot and cabin crew training services, has officially opened today its new state-of-the-art (Level D) B737 flight simulator, which is ready for training.…
Soon, trainees at Thiruvananthapuram aviation academy to fly twin-engine aircraft
Thiruvananthapuram: The twin-engine aircraft, purchased by the Rajiv Gandhi Academy for Aviation Technology (RAGAAT) five years ago, will finally be inducted for training in the academy soon. The Piper Seneca aircraft that had been remaining idle in the hangar since…
CAE to Open New Training Centers in Bangkok and New Delhi to Meet Growing Need for Pilots in the Region
CAE announced at the Asia Pacific Airline Training Summit (APATS) that it’s expanding its training capacity in Asia with a brand-new training center in Bangkok, Thailand, to support Thai AirAsia’s growth in the region. In addition, CAE will open a…
Airbus opens pilot training centre in Gurugram
Global aerospace major Airbus on Wednesday opened its training centre for commercial pilots and maintenance engineers at Haryana’s Gurugram in the National Capital Region (NCR). “Through the centre, we aim to train 8,000 commercial pilots and 2,000 maintenance engineers over…
SpiceJet to set up pilot-training school to meet growth requirements
New Delhi: SpiceJet will set up a pilot-training school to meet its growth requirements, airline’s Chairman Ajay Singh said on Tuesday. There is a shortage of trained commanders with domestic air traffic growing at 20 per cent and airlines increasing…
Training India’s next generation of female pilots
On a dusty, 3,600-foot-long airstrip in Rajasthan, India, a two-seater white Cessna 152 pivots into position. A few moments later, it’s soaring over the empty desert into a cloudless blue sky. This is the private runway at 1,100-acre Banasthali Vidyapith…
Blue Ray Aviation, Pacific States Aviation form JV for flight training
Blue Ray Aviation Tuesday said it has taken on board US flight training institute Pacific States Aviation (PSA) for setting up a training facility for pilots, engineers and ground staff in Mehsana district of Gujarat at an initial investment of…
Overseas student pilots fill training spaces Kiwis can’t afford
Last weekend newly qualified commercial pilot Nhut? Truong? Minh? flew home to Vietnam, another product of our growing pilot export market. His class of 26 at the International Aviation Academy of New Zealand in Christchurch included trainees from India, Bangladesh…
Mehsana Aeronautics Training Centre sealed over Rs 5 crore tax dues
Palanpur: Mehsana municipality on Friday sealed the office of Aeronautics Training Centre (ATC) at Mehsana airfield over non-payment of tax arrears to the tune of Rs5.62 crore. It had on May 6, 2016, too, sealed the ATC to recover tax…