Market Intelligence: Asia Pacific

New Training Aircraft Manufacturer in Australia Reveals E22 Spark Aircraft and Flight School Order

Bader Aero, an Adelaide, Australia-based company founded by a group of aviation industry professionals for the introduction to the market of innovative aircraft designs based on electric propulsion systems, unveiled the E22 Spark aircraft at the Adelaide Motorsport Festival on March 25 and 26, 2023. The two-seater aircraft could be a game-changer for flight training according to Bader Aero’s CCO Barrie Rogers as the aircraft can do up to 90 minute of flight time and has a range of over 300 kilometers.

Bader Aero has an agreement with Australian flight school Hartwig Air for 6 E22 Spark and has indicated another order from New Zealand.

Source: Bader Aero
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Aviation New Zealand Shares Historical Rotary Licenses Issued Stats

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) of New Zealand, as shared by John Nicholson, CEO of Aviation New Zealand, in a newsletter, in the last five years issued rotary licenses to New Zealanders as summarized below:

  • 2018 – 32 CPL and 66 PPL
  • 2019 – 45 CPL and 54 PPL
  • 2020 – 29 CPL and 35 PPL
  • 2021 – 31 CPL and 58 PPL
  • 2022 – 41 CPL and 53 PPL

According to Nicholson, there is contrasting outlooks in the rotary industry: “Optimism on the part of the manufacturers looking to sell more helicopters, but concern that industry is not generating the number of pilots to fly them and engineers to maintain them.”

Source: Aviation New Zealand
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Australian Aero Club Offers $7500 Flight Training Scholarship

Midwest Aero Club recently awarded a $7,500 Midwest Aero Club Scholarship to a student of Shine Aviation Services. The aero club awards the scholarships to deserving residents of the Mid West Region, aged between 16 and 25 years, wishing to gain some experience and insight into the world of aviation, and possibly a future career. The flying training would be conducted at a recognised training organisation in the Midwest Region.

Source: Shine Aviation Services Announcement
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Immersive Training Device Manufacturer Conducts Demonstration in New Zealand Massey University

True Course Simulations (TCS) announced it has conducted demonstrations of its Immersive Training Device (ITD) and Virtual Instructor Courseware to Massey University School of Aviation (SoA) management and instructors. “Massey has the first of this type of immersive flight training device (ITD) in the region and I’m looking forward to implementing it and the Virtual Instructor Courseware into the VR flight training initiative here at the School,” said Glen Ross, Project Manager, Virtual Reality Flight Training Project, Massey University SoA.

Source: True Course Simulations Announcement
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New Zealand University Takes Delivery of Immersive Training Device Manufactured by True Course Simulations

Massey University School of Aviation (SoA) recently took delivery of an Immersive Training Device (ITD) manufactured by True Course Simulations (TCS). The TCS team arrived from the US to conduct a week of demonstrations for both Massey SoA and a plethora of other Flight Training Organisations from the APAC region.

“Once complete the ITD will remain at the School where it will be used operationally as well as to facilitate future demonstrations,” said Glen Ross,

Source: Massey University School of Aviation Announcement
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