Market Intelligence: -General Aviation

Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) Hosts Approved Training Organizations Summit 2023

More than 120 participants from different flying schools including Accountable Managers, Quality Managers, and Heads of Training actively joined the Approved Training Organizations Summit hosted by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) at Casa Ibarra on Monday, October 2, 2023.

This significant event, organized through the initiative of the Licensing and Certification Department (LCD) of the Flight Standards Inspectorate Service (FSIS), aimed to enhance safety and standards in aviation training.

The event included updates from the Training Organizations Certification and Inspection Division (TOCID) and LCD; lectures on Single Pilot Human Factors and Threat and Error Management, Competency-Based Training Assessment, Corrective Action Plan: Close Loop. Additionally, specialized workshops were conducted, such as the Corrective Action Plan Workshop for Quality Managers and the Threat and Error Management Workshop for Heads of Training.

One of the summit’s highlights was the Accountable Managers executive meeting, with CAAP’s Captain Florendo C. Aquino, Acting Chief of FSIS, Atty. Nestor Pasano, Chief of the LCD, and Captain Edgardo Diaz, who facilitated discussions on both administrative and operational concerns within training organizations.

DOTr Undersecretary for Aviation and Airports Usec. Roberto Cecilio O. Lim attended the event together with CAAP Director General Captain Manuel Antonio L. Tamayo, and Deputy Director General for Operations Captain Edgardo G. Diaz, who actively supported the activity.

Director General Captain Tamayo emphasized that CAAP conducted the ATO Summit as part of its commitment to maintain transparent and effective communication with its stakeholders as well as to provide guidance to ATOs in regard to CAAP’s recommended Audit Procedures tool, future plans, and safety enhancement.

The summit stands as a testament to CAAP’s undertaking towards a safer and more informed aviation community.

Source: Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines
Photo Credit: Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines

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FLYING Media Group Acquires Leading Business Aircraft Listing Marketplace

United States headquartered FLYING Media Group (FMG) has acquired AvBuyer, a leading business aircraft listing marketplace and large business aviation media brand.

For 25 years, AvBuyer has been providing aircraft owners and operators with key information so that they can make better-informed buying decisions across all areas of business aviation operations.

AvBuyer includes AvBuyer.com, one of the most active business aircraft listing marketplaces, and AvBuyer Magazine, a publication with market intelligence that is distributed to FBOs all over the world. FMG also acquired GA Buyer Europe and GA Buyer Africa, which offer classified listings and marketplaces that cover the European and African general aviation markets.

In addition to providing a liquid marketplace for dealers to match with prospective buyers, AvBuyer is a leading market intelligence provider in the business aviation community.

“AvBuyer is one of the most respected brands in the aircraft dealer and buyer communities. Now with a significant global presence, the FMG platform has the most expansive reach for prospective buyers of any classified aircraft listing provider in aviation,” said Craig Fuller, CEO of FMG.

FMG owns one of the fastest-growing aircraft listing marketplaces, Aircraft For Sale (AFS) and AircraftforSale.com. The Aircraft For Sale monthly print edition is sent to every FLYING Magazine subscriber and is distributed to FBOs across North America.

FMG plans to continue to build Aircraft For Sale, which is focused on the pilot community, and AvBuyer, which is focused on the business aviation and fleet operator community.

FLYING Media Group has the largest audience of active and prospective aircraft buyers of any media provider across its portfolio of 26 aviation brands, online sites, and marketplaces.

“With our acquisition AvBuyer, FLYING Media Group’s massive and engaged audience is unmatched by any other aviation media provider. Dealers and OEMs that want to get their message and listings in front of the largest number of prospects should certainly look to FLYING Media Group,” Fuller said.

FMG plans to bring the AvBuyer editorial operations and content into its expansive media platform that includes FLYING Magazine, Kitplanes, BusinessAIR, Plane & Pilot, Aviation Consumer, Aviation Safety, AVweb, Airline Geeks, Aircraft For Sale, and IFR.

Continuing a process that began after the acquisition of FLYING, FMG plans to make significant investments in its B2B editorial and creative studios over the next year.

“FLYING has nearly 100 reporters and regular contributors that cover the aviation industry, making it the largest media provider in the $2.5 trillion aerospace industry,” Fuller said. “We will continue to invest in the expansion of FMG through a combination of acquisitions and organic growth initiatives in the markets that we serve.”

Source: FLYING

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Training Organization Unveils Worldwide Flight Dispatch FAA/EASA Double Certification Program Taught at Dynamic Advanced Training

International Flight Operations Academy (IFOA), a leading European training organization for flight dispatchers and operations officers, unveiled its Worldwide Flight Dispatch FAA/EASA Double Certification program. The training, obtaining an EASA-based certificate, will be held in Dynamic Advanced Training premises in DWC Airport, United Arab Emirates. Trainees will then fly to Miami for their FAA Part 65 Certificate at IFOA at Miami Airport.

Source: International Flight Operations Academy
Photo Credit: International Flight Operations Academy

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New Helicopter Full Flight Simulator Training Center Established in Italy

The Italian Navy achieved a major rotorcraft capability enhancement milestone with the completion of deliveries of its NH90 helicopters combined with a dedicated simulation centre for its NH90 crews. The 46th SH-90A ASW/ASuW aircraft, assembled at Leonardo’s facility in Venice Tessera, has been deployed at the Italian Navy’s Maristaeli Luni Base and presented during an official ceremony attended by Italian Navy’s, Leonardo’s and NHIndustries’ dignitaries and representatives on 29 September. The helicopter also joins a fleet of ten MH-90As optimized for tactical transport duties and special operations bringing the total fleet of NH90s to 56 in service with this prime operator. The first Italian Navy’s NH90 was delivered in 2011. Since then, the whole fleet has logged in excess of 35,000 flight hours in multiple operations in Italy and internationally.

The completion of deliveries occurs as a unique Full Crew Simulation Training Centre is established and opened at the base, featuring a dedicated Level D Full Flight Simulator of the type in full MR 1 configuration (therefore, representative of the latest avionics standard), all fully developed by Leonardo and tailored to the Italian Navy’s needs. The new simulation environment allows for the SH-90 and MH-90 crews (including both pilots and specialised personnel) to be trained with the highest level of fidelity and accuracy (1 simulation hour being equal to 1 real flight hour) to carry out missions in any kind of operational scenarios to the benefit of effectiveness, safety, efficiency, and sustainability. The system is suitable for further evolution in the future, such as the possibility to be linked to other simulation assets in order to develop joint and multi-domain networked mission training. Additionally, the Full Crew Simulation Training Centre will deliver training services to NH90 crews from other countries.

Gian Piero Cutillo, Leonardo Helicopters MD, said: “The completion of the NH90 deliveries and the handover of this one-of-a-kind simulation environment marks a major step forward, which further reinforces our long-established partnership with the Italian Navy. I want to thank all Navy and industry personnel who made these results possible. We now look forward to continuing this collaboration with the Italian Navy towards new important goals and capability enhancement to meet evolving requirements.”

LEONARDO CONTRIBUTION TO THE NH90 HELICOPTER
Leonardo is responsible for, or contributes to, the design, production and integration of a wide range of critical NH90 components and systems. These include the rear fuselage, main gear box hydraulic system, upper modes of the Automatic Flight Control System (AFCS), plant management system, power plant integration, NFH mission system (integrating sonar, radar, electro-optics, tactical link, electronic warfare system, Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) interrogator, mission video recording and weapon systems management including air-to-surface missiles and torpedoes for Anti-Surface Warfare (ASuW) and Anti-Submarine (ASW) missions. Leonardo also integrates additional capabilities such as the Laser Obstacle Avoidance Monitoring (LOAM) system and the LEOSS-T electro-optical system as well as pintle-mounted Gatling-type guns, for specific customers.

THE NH90 HELICOPTER
The largest military helicopter programme in Europe, the NH90 is the optimal choice for modern operations thanks to its full-composite airframe with a large cabin, its excellent power-to-weight ratio and its wide range of role equipment. It features a quadruplex fly-by-wire flight control system for reduced pilot workload and enhanced flight handling characteristics. The NH90 is available in two main variants: one specified for naval operations, the NH90 NFH (NATO Frigate Helicopter) and the TTH (Tactical Transport Helicopter) for land based operations. As of today, over 500 NH90 helicopters, a mixture of both variants, have been delivered worldwide carrying out missions in a wide range of weather and environmental conditions, over land and sea, and have amassed in excess of 380,000 flight hours.

ABOUT NHINDUSTRIES
NHIndustries is the largest rotorcraft Joint Venture in European history and it is responsible for the design, manufacture and support of the NH90 helicopter, one of the leaders in the latest-generation of military helicopter. The company takes the best from European Rotorcraft and Defence Industry, being owned by Airbus Helicopters (62.5%), Leonardo (32%) and GKN Fokker (5.5%). Each company has aerospace pedigree and brings the top of its skills and expertise to the end product.

Source: Leonardo

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