Aero Engine Academy of China, the country's first national-level aeroengine research institute, was inaugurated on Wednesday in Beijing.

In March 2015, Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz deliberately crashed a passenger jet into the French Alps, killing all 150 people on board.

A record 5,499 students from around the world registered to participate in the fifth edition of Airbus' Fly Your Ideas, the global student challenge organised in partnership with UNESCO.

Xiamen Airlines plans to enroll 600 cadet pilots in 2017 as it continues to expand its fleet size, hitting a new record in its development history.

Winners of a Thailand student competition that addresses environmental aspects of air transport were welcomed to Toulouse, France for briefings on Airbus technical innovations, along with visits to the A350 XWB and A380 final assembly lines, and a close-up look at the passenger cabin mock-up centre.

Global pilot training provider Airways Aviation has secured CASA-approval for its MPS simulator and Brisbane-based Airline Training Centre. Working with Multi-crew Airline training Systems, its facilities can now be used to deliver Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) Part 142 Multi-Crew Cooperation (MCC) training.

A programmable drone, a new product released by an education technology company, attracted attention at the 2016 Global Education Technology conference, which was held in Beijing this weekend.

China's Ruili Airlines has placed an order for a Boeing 737 NG full flight simulator from Canada's TRU Simulation + Training in Yunnan Province.

CFM International plans to begin offering LEAP-1C line maintenance training at the Aero Engine Maintenance and Training Center (AEMTC) in Guanghan City.

Honeywell and Civil Aviation Resource Net of China (CARNOC.com) revealed the second phase of their annual survey of Chinese-licensed pilots. The majority of survey respondents (67 percent) ranked air traffic congestion and delays as the biggest overall concern for flight crews.