WANTED AIRSPACE GUARDIAN OF THE FUTURE

October 3, 2019

At times, it can feel like aviation is a slow-moving industry. But we’ve come a long way since the first powered flight in 1903. Consumerism, globalisation and advances in technology have all contributed to an industry now enjoyed by almost 12 million fliers on any given day. If anything, the pace of change is increasing. Fifty years ago, in 1969, we were landing on the moon using a guidance computer with less processing power than a modern pocket calculator (and by comparison an iPhone 6 is 120 million times faster than the computer that powered Apollo 11).

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TransPac Aviation Academy is one of the largest ab-initio flight academies in the world with more than 200 employees, 100 full-time Certified Flight Instructors, 400 on-campus international cadets, part 141 and 61 instruction, a part 145 repair station, initial and recurrent King-Air training, housing, transportation, immigration, student services, and 60 single and twin-engine piston and 5 multi-engine turbine aircraft flying in excess of 80,000 hours per year.

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How to service digital airport passengers

whitePaper | January 22, 2020

An overwhelming majority of travellers today want access to digital services to improve their journey. Airports are meeting passenger demands with varying degrees of success. For most, the biggest barrier is infrastructure. This paper examines what changes an airport can make to upgrade its cable and IT infrastructure to enable delivery of the self-service, on-demand, digital travel experience modern passengers expect.

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South of the Clouds

whitePaper | March 23, 2023

The economic, environmental, health, societal and safety benefits associated with the application of drone technologies are starting to be experienced in the UK, but the full potential of their use is yet to be realised. Flying uncrewed aircraft - ‘drones’ - beyond the visual line of sight (BVLOS) of their pilots, creates advantage in numerous applications including health care delivery, search and rescue, connection of remote communities, Infrastructure inspection, removal of people from safety risk in industrial settings, and environmental monitoring.

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AVIATION CLIMATE FINANCE USING A GLOBAL FREQUENT FLYING LEVY

whitePaper | September 28, 2022

Aviation is often considered a “hard to abate” sector; it is growing rapidly but struggling to deploy low-carbon technologies due to their high costs. This paper presents a case under which progressive taxation, namely a frequent flying levy (FFL), can generate revenues for decarbonization while ensuring equitable distribution of the cost burden.

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The Magic Triangle of the New Normal

whitePaper | February 1, 2022

The often-used “new normal” alliteration means that new is normal. This holds specifically as practically all companies evolve towards software companies. Read in this whitepaper conclusions from an industry survey on trends that will impact us in 2022 and beyond.

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The Future of Air Transport

whitePaper | April 10, 2022

Air travel is essential to the United Kingdom’s economy and to our continued prosperity. In the last 30 years there has been a five-fold increase in air travel. And it has opened up opportunities that for many simply did not exist before; half the population flies at least once a year, and many fly far more often than that.

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Breaking Barriers for Women in Aviation

whitePaper | June 7, 2022

Attracting, retaining, and advancing women in aviation is critical to the U.S. aviation industry’s safety, sustainability, proftability, and ability to innovate.

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Spotlight

TransPac Aviation Academy

TransPac Aviation Academy is one of the largest ab-initio flight academies in the world with more than 200 employees, 100 full-time Certified Flight Instructors, 400 on-campus international cadets, part 141 and 61 instruction, a part 145 repair station, initial and recurrent King-Air training, housing, transportation, immigration, student services, and 60 single and twin-engine piston and 5 multi-engine turbine aircraft flying in excess of 80,000 hours per year.

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