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FEATURE SIMULATORS

As Real As It Gets

Big boost for flight simulators market By J K Chandra and Jay Menon

the demAnd for sImulAtIon And Simulation and training demand will
training products will see unprecedented also be fuelled by the shortage of trained
growth in the coming years, as airlines personnel in the aviation sector. More than
rush to place orders for new generation a million new pilots and technicians will
jetliners that are more fuel efficient to cut need to be trained by 2032, says Boeing.
fuel costs. The Asia Pacific region alone requires
Boeing’s latest Market Outlook 2013- 192,300 pilots out of a total global
2032 expects the in-service commercial fleet requirement of 498,000 and 215,300
to double from 20,310 airplanes to 41,240 by technicians out of 556,000 globally. China,
2032, requiring 35,280 new aircraft. which does not make its own Level D Full
Over the next 20 years, Airbus and Flight Simulator (FFS) will absorb almost
Boeing predict that there will be a demand 40 percent of trained personnel required,
for anywhere between 29,000 to 35,000 driving the market for the handful of
new commercial jetliners. In excess of companies who have succeeded in selling
20,000 jetliners are in service today. top-of-the-line flight simulators.
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