France – Training aircraft manufacturer Elixir Aircraft has announced the delivery of a brand‑new Elixir trainer aircraft to French aero‑club Air Europ Club, supporting the club’s member and student‑pilot training with a more efficient, safe and eco‑friendly platform.
Source: Elixir Aircraft
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Denmark & Finland – headquartered GreyBird Pilot Academy, a flight training group in Europe, is set to open a new base in Helsinki, Finland in January 2026. The flight training group currently operates in Denmark, Sweden and Spain.
In January AFM reported that GreyBird Pilot Academy had welcomed 40 new students across its bases in Denmark and Sweden, marking a 60% increase from the previous year.
“To support this growth, we have set a strong three-year strategy that will guide us on this exciting journey. In the near future, we are excited to expand with new bases in Dublin 🇮🇪, Paris 🇫🇷, Lyon 🇫🇷, and Helsinki 🇫🇮.” shared Kasper Bye Lassen, CCO at Greybird at that time.
Source: Kasper Bye Lassen (GreyBird Pilot Academy)
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United Kingdom – Flight‐training services provider Ascent Flight Training has announced the appointment of Chloe Barker as its next Managing Director, effective early November 2025. Barker joins from Babcock International Group, where she has held a number of senior roles in aviation operations since 2014, most recently serving as Managing Director of the UK Aviation business since August 2023.
Barker will transition from her Non‑Executive Director role on the Ascent Board to lead the business in the frontline role.
Her background spans defence and civil aviation operations, with particular emphasis on operational delivery and workforce inclusion initiatives in the UK and air domain.
Her appointment comes as Ascent continues to scale its role within the UK Military Flying Training System (UKMFTS) and broader training markets. Ascent is the prime contractor delivering the UKMFTS on behalf of the Ministry of Defence and its tri‐service aircrew partners.
About Ascent Flight Training
Ascent Flight Training is a UK‐based training services provider established in 2008 as a 50:50 joint venture between Babcock International and Lockheed Martin. It is the prime contractor for the UK Military Flying Training System (UKMFTS), delivering integrated live and synthetic aircrew training across six UK sites for the RAF, Royal Navy and Army Air Corps.
Source: Ascent Flight Training
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Germany – Lufthansa Aviation Training (LAT) has unveiled the Virtual Reality (VR) prototype of its groundbreaking research project, the Digital Cabin Emergency Evacuation Trainer (D-CEET), ahead of its official debut at the European Aviation Training Summit (EATS) 2025 in Lisbon. The Euro 2.4 million project—funded by the German Federal Ministry of Transport (BMV) and co-financed by Lufthansa Aviation Training—represents a major leap toward data-driven, competency-based cabin crew training aligned with ICAO’s CBTA framework.
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About Lufthansa Aviation Training
With its competencies in training flight and cabin crews at ten training locations worldwide, Lufthansa Aviation Training GmbH (LAT) is among the world leaders in the field of aviation training. The company is headquartered at Munich Airport and employs around 800 people at all its locations. Its client portfolio encompasses more than 250 nationally and internationally renowned airlines, among them the Lufthansa Group airlines. LAT operates close to 200 training devices. These include training aircraft for pilot training, flight simulators for all common aircraft types for pilot training, as well as emergency and service mock-ups for cabin crews. The flight schools of the Lufthansa Group are joined under LAT’s brand European Flight Academy (EFA).
Source: Lufthansa Aviation Training
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Global – ATPL Questions, a leading provider of online ATPL exam preparation, has officially launched its mobile application. Available on both the App Store and Google Play, the new app brings the full ATPL Questions learning experience to smartphones and tablets, enhancing accessibility for aspiring commercial pilots worldwide.
The app launch responds to increasing demand for flexible, on-the-go ATPL exam preparation solutions.
Feedback from beta testers and users is encouraged via the contact form or email: info@atplquestions.com.
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Source: ATPL Questions
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Spain – Flyschool Air Academy has successfully completed the acceptance flight of its new Boeing 737 MAX simulator, marking a major step forward in the academy’s fleet of training devices and expanding its capability to train pilots on both major global flight deck philosophies — Airbus and Boeing. The new simulator, developed by FTD.aero, will soon be installed at Flyschool’s Cuatro Vientos base in Madrid.
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Source: Flyschool Air Academy and FTD.aero
Photo credit: Rafael Lopez (Flyschool Air Academy)
