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According to the company, the simulator is
the first in the industry to be qualified against
CS FSTD A Issue 2 Level D requirements by
the U.K.’s Civil Aviation Authority. Two other
737 MAX FFS provided by the company too
received Level D status in 2018. In April this
year, Boeing and TRU Simulation + Training
revised the contract for four 737 MAX FFS to
five while Airbus ordered an A350 full flight
training suite for an Airbus Training Center
in Asia. In 2017, TRU signed deals to supply
two new A320 FFSs, one for the Airbus
Asia Training Center in Singapore, and the
other to the Airbus Hua-Ou Aviation Training
Company in Beijing.

Other contracts signed by the company over
the last two years include one with China
Express Airlines, for an Airbus A320 full flight
simulator (FFS) and a Bombardier CRJ900
to Aeroméxico Connect.
Making an Impact FFS, one with Copa Airlines, for a Boeing 737
ther companies too have been successful in making MAX FFS, and another with Qantas Airways,
for a Boeing 737NG FFS. The company is also
inroads into the market, thus resulting in a substan- under contract to provide ATR 72-600 simu-
tial increase in the number of FSS sold annually. The lators to Japan Air Commuter and Australia’s
Onumber has gone up from about 50 a year, as recently Ansett. In May 2017, the company delivered
as in 2013, to about 100 now. Two companies that have truly an A320 FFS to Colombia’s Avianca Airlines
announced their arrival are L3 Commercial Aviation and TRU and inked an agreement with Icelandair to
Simulation + Training. L3 Commercial Aviation has bagged a provide a Boeing 737 MAX FFS to its flight
contract to supply Air France with an Airbus A350 RealitySeven training center in Reykjavík, Iceland. The
Full Flight Simulator (FFS). The A350 RealitySeven will be the company, which recently provided five Level
first A350 FFS with Standard 1.2.0., which will allow an enhanced D full flight simulators for various rotorcraft
level of operation for the user, complete with touchscreen dis- aircraft models to Coptersafety – an inde-
play technology. In November this year, the company announced pendent helicopter flight training service
that it had signed a deal with Loong Air to deliver three A320 provider based in Helsinki, Finland, also has
FFS and two A320 Flat Panel Trainers to the airline within the in its books purchase orders from Boeing for
next three years. The first FFS will be delivered in the first quar- the production of two FFS suites for its twin-
ter of 2019, and installed at the Loong Air facility in Hangzhou, aisle airliner, the 777-9, which is scheduled
China, and the other two by 2021.
for first delivery in 2020.
In more good news for the L3 Commercial Aviation this year, it With carriers seeking additional capacity to
received a contract from Qantas to provide a B787-9 RealitySeven take care of their training needs, industry
FFS to the Qantas’ Flight Training Facility in Sydney, Australia. watchers expect the good times for flight
The company also signed a deal with Shenzhen Airlines to simulator companies to continue well into
provide a Boeing 737-8 FFS for its training center. Another the future. The entry of more players in the
major deal signed by the company in 2018 was one with Zhuhai field not only increases the options for air-
Xiang Yi Aviation Technology Co., Ltd., a China Southern Airlines lines and other customers but also makes it
Company, for four FFS. The company will also provide two A320 a buyer’s market.
RealitySevenFFS and two Flat Panel Trainers (FPT) to Qingdao
Airlines for its training center in Longkou, China.

TRU Simulation + Training has been making its presence felt
among the big players as well. In August this year, the company
announced that its 737 MAX FFS installed at Boeing’s Training
Center in Gatwick, United Kingdom had achieved Level D status.

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