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New A330 CAE 7000XR Series FFS Inaugurated In Malaysia

Flight Sim Located At Asian Aviation Centre of Excellence (AACE)

Asian Aviation Centre of Excellence (AACE), the joint venture between Air Asia and CAE, says it has reached another milestone since its inception in 2011 with the inauguration of a new A330 CAE 7000XR Series full-flight simulator (FFS). The new simulator is located at the AACE training center in Glenmarie, Selangor, Malaysia and brings the total number of full-flight simulators at all AACE centers to 12.

Embraer Executive Jets Delivers 1st Phenom 100E To Etihad Flight College

Planemaker Has 20 Of The Aircraft On Order For Flight Training Purposes

Embraer Executive Jets has delivered the first Phenom 100E to Etihad Flight College, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates. The aircraft arrived yesterday in the city of Al Ain, base of the flight school established to train ab-initio pilots for the airline’s rapidly expanding fleet.

Teamster Pilots At Kalitta Air Reach Negotiations Impasse

Pilots Begin Strike Preparations

After more than five years of negotiations for a new labor agreement with Kalitta Air, LLC, the cargo airline based in Ypsilanti, Michigan, the union representing its pilots and flight engineers informed the National Mediation Board (NMB) that further mediation efforts would be fruitless and counterproductive.

New Airport Remains Unopened Due To High Winds

Officials Say Commercial Passenger Planes Cannot Land Safely At St Helena Airport

A new airport built on the remote island of St Helena, which is about 1,150 miles off the west coast of Africa in the South Atlantic Ocean, remains idle because it is not safe for passenger airliners to land there.

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U.S. Airlines Approved For Scheduled Service To Cuba

U.S. Transportation Secretary Foxx Names Six Carriers To Conduct Flights

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has approved six domestic airlines to begin scheduled flights between Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Minneapolis/St. Paul and Cuba as early as this fall.