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21/05/2020 news

European agencies issue guidelines for safe air travel

Guidelines for keeping passengers and air crew safe from Coronavirus once airlines resume flights have been issued by the European Union Aviation Safe...

21/05/2020 news

easyJet to restart flight operations from 15 June

easyJet will resume some flights from 15 June. Services will be operating from London Gatwick, Bristol, Birmingham, Liverpool, Newcastle, Edinburgh, G...

19/05/2020 news

Bristol Ground School to run ATPL exam sittings with Austro Control

The easing of Coronavirus lockdown restrictions has prompted Bristol Ground School (BGS) to update its own advice – including opening ATPL exam date...

19/05/2020 news

FTA’s seamless transition to online training

Earlier this year FTA Global introduced a ground school experience with nine months of blended, instructor-led tuition underpinned with computer-based...

16/05/2020 news

Flight training restarts at Oxford’s Leading Edge Aviation

+VIDEO Leading Edge Aviation, based at London Oxford Airport, has restarted flight training for student pilots after weeks of lockdown. The Approved T...

13/05/2020 how to be a pilot

MPL or ATPL? Which is the better route?

The introduction of the Multi-Crew Pilot Licence (MPL) in 2006 challenged the training philosophies of the traditional Air Transport Pilot Licence (AT...

07/05/2020 news

British Airways to cut 12,000 jobs to weather C-19 storm

British Airways is to cut an estimated 12,000 jobs as it prepares itself for the future. Alex Cruz, chairman and CEO at British Airways, said in a let...

07/05/2020 news

Virgin Atlantic positions itself for post-Covid-19 future

Virgin Atlantic is to become leaner and greener in its post-Covid-19 future, the company has announced. The airline will fly only wide-body, twin-engi...

07/05/2020 how to be a pilot

BAA Training restarts flight training for student pilots

At least two Approved Training Organisations (ATOs) are operating flight training for student pilots. BAA Training, one of the biggest independent avi...

04/05/2020 news

Interview with Andy O’Shea, Ryanair’s ex-head of training for 18 years

27/04/2020 how to be a pilot

EASA 2020 ATPL theory syllabus Q&A

Your questions about the new EASA 2020 ATPL syllabus answered by aviation theory publisher Padpilot. What are the main differences between the old and...

23/04/2020 news

Q&A with Mentour Pilot and Plane Old Ben – video