Mauritius’s flag carrier Air Mauritius has appointed Captain André Johan Meiring as Nominated Person Crew Training – Head of Training as of July 2024. Capt. Meiring has been flying with Air Mauritius for almost 19 years on aircraft types such as A350, A330, A340 and A320.
To learn more about Air Mauritius or Captain André Johan Meiring please connect with him via his LinkedIn Profile.
Source: André Johan Meiring
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Turkey’s flag carrier Turkish Airlines has appointed Captain Fatih Altunok as Vice President Flight Training as of August 2024. Capt. Altunok has been with Turkish Airlines for over 18 years, has flown multiple aircraft types such as A320, A330 and B737, and has recently held positions such as Manager of HF & Training Methodologies.
To learn more about Turkish Airlines or Captain Fatih Altunok please connect with him via his LinkedIn Profile.
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India – Mumbai, India based pilot training facilitator ThePilot.in, which in the last year supported over 300 aspiring and student pilots by providing them with ground school and deploying them to flight schools around the world and announced in April 2024 that it was going to offer type rating training for both the Airbus A320 and Boeing B737NG, has shared that in August 2024 it is offering the B737NG type rating for 12.8 Lakhs Rupees (approximately USD$15,200) while the Airbus A320 type rating costs 12 Lakhs Rupees.
Training will be conducted in Vietnam and will take 45 days.
ThePilot.in’s offering is an all inclusive training packages (including accommodation, food and transportation).
Source: ThePilot.in
Full flight simulator training center Quadrant Pilot, based in Burgess Hill, United Kingdom and ProSim Training Solutions (ProSim), with its headquarters in Delft, the Netherlands (part of TXT group) are proud to announce their strengthened partnership as they signed an agreement for the purchase of a Skalarki built ProSimA322 Cockpit Procedures Trainer which will be equipped with the ProSim Virtual Instruction XR tool (ViXR). This agreement was finalised at Farnborough Airshow 2024, where ProSim participated as part of TXT Aerospace & Defence.
As a well-established flight training centre and already-existing user of the ProSimA322 FMS Trainers, Quadrant Pilot is at the forefront of implementing training technologies which optimise the training footprint for their airline customers and students.
Hanne Koole, Managing Director of ProSim Training Solutions comments: “We thank Simon Bill and Quadrant Pilot for their continued partnership and trust as the basis for the delivery of training equipment that is ready for the future. We look forward to keep contributing to the continued success of Quadrant Pilot as a provider of quality and value for money training for their airline customers.”
The A322 Cockpit Procedures Trainer (CPT) is a full tactile but open cockpit structure which can be placed in classroom environments for high fidelity training of all normal and abnormal procedures prior to entering the Full Motion Simulators (FFS). The time saved per student (time otherwise spent on the FFS) makes for a very rapid return on investment.
Simon Bill, Managing Director at Quadrant Pilot adds: “We are very pleased to acquire the Cockpit Procedures Trainer from Pro Sim which will be a fantastic additional training tool for our airline type rating trainees. At Quadrant we continue to strive to provide a premium training product by using the optimum blend of training tools, carefully developed courseware and best in class instructors and working with suppliers such as Pro Sim help to achieve this goal.”
The additional Virtual Instruction XR tool (ViXR) adds even more efficiency to the CPT by enabling normal and ab-normal procedures to be taught initially without an instructor and at the student’s own pace by using a Hololens 2 in combination with the CPT.
Source: ProSim Training Solutions
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Jalgaon, India based Skynex Aero, one of India’s newest flying training organization (FTO) and the first FTO to introduce Piper Archer for training in India is seeking pilots for a number of instructor position’s including:
“Join our Elite Team! We’re hiring CFI, Dy. CFI, FI, and AFI. Enjoy competitive pay, rapid career growth, and the chance to shape the future of aviation.” shared Skynex.
Source: Skynex Aero
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Intercontinental Aviation Enterprise (IAE), a subsidiary of Mehyou Group, which operates Airways Aviation branded flight training organisations in Lebanon and Cyprus has shared in an interview that it is aiming on investing up to USD 20 million over the next five years
“We are actively studying multiple geographic locations to identify promising investment opportunities, aiming to invest up to $20 million in the next five years. By prioritising markets with high demand and a lack of adequate training infrastructure, we aim to significantly impact the future of aviation education and the development of skilled professionals across diverse regions,” shared Wissam Mehyou, CEO and Chairman of IAE.
For its new training base in Larnaca, Cyprus IAE is procuring a new and efficient fleet and is “we are actively exploring avenues such as electric aircraft and sustainable aviation fuels,” according to Mr Mehyou.
Further announcements will be made towards the end of 2024 with IAE following a plan to invest up to USD 4 million in new training centers in the Middle East.
Source: IAE
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