A fire sparked by an airconditioning unit has put a hole through the roof of a training building at Parafield Airport.

Hong Kong's Airport Authority (AA) has revealed plans to establish a civil aviation academy to develop local and regional talent.

Supermodels and flight attendants may seem like occupations that are a world apart but in China, they are remarkably similar.

A new probe into what sent an AirAsia flight plunging into the Java Sea last year, killing all 162 people on board, has pointed the finger at poor pilot training on how to cope with emergencies.

U.S. regional airlines seek to persuade regulators to ease experience requirements for hiring many future co-pilots, while proposing to significantly enhance training and supervision once the aviators start flying passengers.

JetBlue Airways Corp., breaking with historical practices at U.S. airlines, plans to recruit potential pilots with no flight experience and provide its own training under a proposal awaiting approval from federal regulators.

With a focus on the future, Airbus is successfully spreading its spirit of innovation through a programme that inspires students in the Middle East and North Africa region to pursue careers in the aerospace industry.

Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company, announced today the signature of a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Horizon International Flight Academy to become the first Bell Helicopter authorized training center in the Middle East.

Embraer Executive Jets announced today that Emirates Flight Training Academy signed a firm order for five Phenom 100E business jets, plus options for five more aircraft. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2017.

Dubai's Emirates Airlines' training academy has agreed to buy a total of 27 aircraft from U.S. manufacturer Cirrus and Brazil's Embraer in a deal worth US$39 million, the carrier said on Wednesday.