Flight Schools

ATP Flight School has announced that it will officially open its new airline pilot training center at Page Field (FMY) in Fort Myers, Florida, on Friday. The newly constructed 19,000-square-foot facility includes classroom, briefing and testing spaces as well as a simulator bay equipped with Frasca TruFlite simulators and a dedicated maintenance hangar for the […]

Alaska Airlines and regional carrier Horizon Air have partnered with Oregon-based flight school Hillsboro Aero Academy to launch the Ascend Pilot Academy (APA). Aimed at addressing “a growing pilot shortage coupled with increased travel demand,” APA is expected to train up to 250 students a year. Alaska and Horizon are estimating that they will need […]

ATP Flight School announced on Monday that it has purchased 20 new advanced aviation training devices (AATDs) from simulator company Frasca International. Equipped with Garmin G1000 avionics, the flight training devices (FTDs) will be configured to represent the flight decks of either Piper Archer or Cessna Skyhawk aircraft. The deal is valued at approximately $6 […]

United Airlines officially welcomed the first class of students to its new United Aviate flight training academy on Monday. The 30 students in the academy’s first class were selected from more than 7,500 applicants. Located at Arizona’s Phoenix Goodyear Airport (GYR), the United Aviate Academy offers a one-year training program after which graduates move to “partner […]

ATP Flight School announced on Tuesday that Gretchen Leneski has become the 10,000th student to graduate from its Airline Transport Pilot Certification Training Program (ATP CTP). Based at the school’s ATP JETS Part 142 airline training center in Dallas, Texas, the program was first offered in 2015. According to ATP, it currently provides ATP CTP […]

The all-volunteer RedTail Flight Academy will be receiving advanced safety management system (SMS) software from Baldwin Safety & Compliance, according to an announcement from Baldwin. The Academy, which is working to promote the legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen and provide programs for “youth from areas traditionally underrepresented in aviation [and] other science, technology, engineering and mathematics […]

Piper Aircraft announced on Monday that it has received an order from flyGATEWAY Aviation Institute for 20 Pilot 100i single-engine trainers. flyGATEWAY, a Part 141 flight academy with locations in Pennsylvania and Delaware, expects to begin taking deliveries of the aircraft in January 2022. According to the school, it currently has 35 flight instructors, 30 […]

Legends Airways and Tecnam announced the signing of a purchase agreement for five Tecnam aircraft at AirVenture 2021. The initial deal includes two P2008 LSAs, two four-seat, single-engine P2010s and one P2006T twin. The aircraft will be used for Legends’ Part 141/Part 61 flight school at Lakeland Linder International Airport (KLAL) in Lakeland, Florida. “Tecnam […]

We are encouraged but cautious when we learn of impending entrepreneurship in the aviation world. We know that the odds of success for startups are not outstanding, but for those who do their homework and find the right niche, they improve. After all, we know that there is money in aviation—we put a lot of […]

With a focus on pilots and flight attendants, the three largest U.S. airlines have opened their purse strings and started recruiting. According to Sara Nelson, president of the Association of Flight Attendants, more than 20,000 new jobs will open up in the next two years, bringing the total employment up to 100,000 flight attendant positions. […]