Asian aircraft market outlook Embraer has spent a few years developing market in Asia and today numerous aviation training academies feel the benefit of it. Asian market has showed its potential for awhile now as the number of low cost carriers has increased eight times over the last ten years and currently accounts for 60% of seat capacity in...

According to the latest Jobvite survey, more than 75% of enterprises are planning to increase their spending on recruitment via social networks in 2015. This comes as no surprise, considering that currently about 2 billion people on earth are using social media every single day – pilots, flight crew and other aviation workers included. As a...

This time we would like to spotlight an outstanding and irreplaceable aircraft in the sky – helicopter! Why? Because it is multifunctional and can be used for a variety of purposes, such as cargo handling, search and rescue, medical and military, transport or even simple aerial observation. In addition to that, for some rich and famous people...

Based on registration and inquiries the IV Baltic Business Aviation Forum promises to become another valuable conference for all participants and a success for the organizing RUBAA (Russian United Business Aviation Association). The conference will be held on August 6 and 7 in Jurmala, Latvia. The Forum, now in its fourth year, has already...

Beijing Red Cross Emergency Medical Center (999) has selected Dassault Aviation’s Falcon 2000LX to expand the scope of its air ambulance services. The widebody twinjet will be the first fixed wing aircraft in China fully equipped to perform air medevac services. It will be equipped with a full medevac mission kit by Dassault Aircraft Service...

While it may be a surprise for some, getting hired by an airline can sometimes actually be harder than getting into Harvard. For instance, according to Lufthansa, only around 7 % of applicants to pilot position pass the initial screening, let alone further recruitment stages. At first glance it may be hard to understand why the industry with an...

While talking about the Concorde many words come in handy while describing it. Magnificent, innovative, outstanding technology, supersonic, and many more. But I think we could all agree that Concorde truly has been a state of the art work. So how come such achievement of the humanity has been “sitting on the shelf” for more than 10 years...

Baltic Aviation Academy’s representatives are traveling to Moscow on June 9th – 11th in order to provide personal consultations for the candidates that are interested in pilot training. This is a great opportunity for the candidates to meet with the professionals and discuss all the options without traveling a long distance to another country....

Helo, chopper, whirlybird, copter…yes, it is still the same thing disguised under many names. For the first time in Baltic Aviation Academy’s history, we are writing about helicopters. And no, we will never betray our first true love for the airplanes, however, there always comes time for growth and for us it is the beginning of the helicopter...

In a context of rapidly developing and improving world, it is not a surprise that over the years air travel has changed vastly. Starting from an online ticket purchase and ending with a modern experimentation with aircraft without pilots. But what exact changes have occurred inside the airplane? Most of us did not even have a chance to try out the...

Aviation training centre, Baltic Aviation Academy, is traveling to Turku on June 6th and 7th to participate at an annual airshow which is being organized by Turku Flying Club and support from Finnish Air Force and Finnish Aeronautical Association. Turku Airshow 2015 is an annual event with a different location for each show in order to cover the...

Conducted back in 2013, a Forbes survey of Fortune 1000 companies predicted a 30% drop in the number of appropriately aged managers available for leadership roles between 2009 and 2015. It is now becoming clear that the forecast was completely right. CEOs are now in high demand across all sectors, including aviation, forcing top-notch executives...

Business aviation accounts for over $20 billion to the European economy and figures from the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) indicate that there are 103,000 business aviation aircraft based in Europe. According to EBAA’s Annual Review 2014-2015, Business Aviation departures at top European airport such as Paris Le Bourget,...

Baltic Aviation Academy, aviation training provider located in Vilnius, Lithuania is revealing the plans of the helicopter training program preparation. The start of the first Baltic Aviation Academy‘s Helicopter Private Pilot License course is planned for the upcoming September. All helicopter training course participants who will successfully...

The recent devastating events in the aviation industry have left the entire world shaken. Even though the damage has been already done, many questions are yet to be answered. Some choose to whisper, others opt for asking out loud: Can’t we monitor the mental state of our pilots to avoid such tragedies in the future? Even though the question...