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FEATURE SIMULATORS

The requirement in South East Asia is “This is a momentous occasion for
for 48,100 pilots and 50,300 technicians us. CAE is a global leader in simulation-
by 2032. Hence the region will be an based training and we are confident
important market for simulation and that this venture will enable pilots to
training ranging from state-of-the-art be well equipped and trained in making
Level D FFS’s and Flight training devices the experience of flying hassle-free and
(FTD) to initial and recurrent training safe,” said Rahul Bhatia, Group Managing
along with training services, that have the Director, InterGlobe Enterprises. “India is
ability to leverage the sophistication of amongst the fastest growing civil aviation
new generation commercial jetliners. markets in the world with a growing need
In April this year, CAE announced for trained pilots. This centre will help
sales of a record 48 Level D FFS’s in fiscal address this requirement”, he further
year 2014. It included three Airbus A320 added.
FFS’s sold to Lufthansa Flight Training, With its six simulator bays, the centre
CAE and InterGlobe joint venture (India) has the capacity to train over 5,000
and an undisclosed north-American aviation professionals per year, and is one
airline customer along with the sale of of the largest such facilities in India. it is
Boeing 737-800W and Boeing 777 FFS to the fourth aviation training location that
Southwest Airlines and an undisclosed CAE operates in the country.
European airline customer respectively. The facility provides “wet” and “dry”
CAE operates the world’s largest airline type-rating, recurrent, conversion and
training network across 35 locations with jet indoctrination training for commercial
more than 150 aircraft pilots. Currently, it features
FFS’s. It has also designed, developed two CAE Series 5000 A320 full-flight
and delivered the world’s first FFS’s for simulators certified level D.
more than 40 new aircraft from 16 different Pilots and students benefit from
original equipment manufacturers advanced training technology such as
(OEMs). CAE Simfinity multimedia classrooms,
The CAE-InterGlobe joint venture, with computer-based training and brief/
an initial investment of over US$25 million debrief facilities. This is also be the first
provides training to pilots of low-cost centre in India to impart Airbus certified
carriers such as IndiGo and GoAir. training.

ABOVE: A pilot receives
training in a CAE-built
full flight simulator from
a member of ECFT’s
experienced training team
RIGHT: AW189 full-flight
simulator
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