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[ FLIGHT TRAINING ]
one with Philippine Airlines.

Making Major Inroads
In October, FlightSafety Textron Aviation Training, a joint venture
between FlightSafety International and TRU Simulation + Training,
announced that it would install a new simulator for the Cessna
Citation Latitude aircraft in Europe. The exact location is yet to
be determined. The simulator, which will be manufactured by TRU
Simulation + Training and equipped with FlightSafety’s VITAL 1150
visual system, is expected to enter service by the end of 2020 fol-
Bombardier simulators and has considerably lowing Level D qualification. FlightSafety Textron Aviation Training
strengthened its presence in the business provides training to operators of Beechcraft, Cessna and Hawker
aviation side of the flight simulator industry. aircraft at 17 Learning Centers around the world using a fleet of
In August CAE announced that it had entered 89 full flight simulators.
into a strategic partnership with Directional Meanwhile, FlightSafety International and Gulfstream Aerospace
Aviation Capital (DAC), by which it would form are preparing to provide training for the new Gulfstream G700
a joint venture with DAC’s affiliate, Volo Sicuro, aircraft. The design of a new FlightSafety FS1000 FFS for the air-
LLC and acquire for a 55 percent stake in craft is underway; the simulator will be installed at the FlightSafety
simulator training subsidiary Simcom. DAC’s Learning Center in Savannah. FlightSafety International is expected
affiliated business aircraft operators, which to start construction on a new Learning Center in Houston, Texas,
include Flexjet, Flight Options, Flairjet, Sirio, in the spring of 2020. The Center will be equipped initially with 12
Nextant Aerospace and Corporate Wings, will full flight simulators for a wide variety of aircraft types. And will
enter into a 15-year exclusive training services include a dedicated area for training on Pratt & Whitney Canada
agreement with Simcom and CAE. Together, engines. During the course of the year, the company also expanded
these aircraft operators currently own about its Sikorsky S-70 Training Program, delivered an Embraer E-170 sim-
175 business aircraft. Simcom has also pur- ulator to the ExpressJet facility at Houston Intercontinental Airport,
chased five CAE 7000XR Series FFSs and installed an E Jet cabin trainer as well as worked on graphical Flight
five CAE 400XR Series flight training devices, deck simulators for the Embraer E-170 and ERJ 145 aircraft. It was
including a Gulfstream G650, two Bombardier also selected by Egyptair to design and manufacture a full flight
Challenger CL350s, one Embraer Phenom 300 simulator for the Airbus A220-300 aircraft. In June this year, the
and one Embraer Legacy 500 FFS. company’s new Embraer E-Jets E2 training program received the
CAE is planning to expand its Bombardier approval of the FAA, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency,
Learjet 75 training capabilities through the and the National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil.
deployment of a CAE 500XR Series FTD in
CAE Dallas. The company has also installed Enhancing Their Market Share
the new Dassault’s FalconEye Combined Vision At the Paris Air Show, TRU Simulation + Training announced that
System to its Falcon 900-2000 EASy EX series Istanbul-based customer International Flight Training Center had
FFS that is now ready for training. Embraer signed a letter of intent for two new full flight simulators, a 737
CAE Training Services (ECTS), a joint venture MAX and A320 FFS. IFTC operates five TRU-built simulators. In
between Embraer and CAE, will increase its October last year, the Boeing Flight Services Training Center in
capacity for Embraer Phenom 100/300 train- Shanghai received Level D qualification for China’s first-ever 737
ing by adding an additional FFS to its Dallas MAX full flight simulator, delivered by TRU Simulation + Training.
training operations in 2020. The company also TRU also signed a contract with Shandong Airlines in China for
plans to launch its third Bombardier Global two 737 MAX FFS.
7500 business jet FFS in 2021 in a yet-to-be- In April this year, L3 Commercial Aviation announced that it
disclosed site outside of North America. would Flight Training Devices (FTD) to Spirit Airline’s training center
The Canadian company also recently in Miramar, Florida. The company will supply 10 new fixed-base
business aviation training contracts worth devices, including two Level 5 A320 CEO/NEO Convertible FTDs,
about C$50 million with five business aircraft four Flat Panel Trainers and four dual-screen Virtual Flight Deck
operators worldwide, including JetSuite and stations, as well as a tablet-based Flight Management System
its sister company JSX, Silver Air, Solairus Trainer and customized ETHOS Systems and Procedures suite. In
Aviation, TAG Aviation Holdings and Vulcan October last year, the company opened its newly expanded pilot
Flight Management. On the civil aviation side, training center facility in Arlington, Texas. The facility will offer
CAE and easyJet opened a new training center simulation and instruction for military as well as commercial pilots.
in Milan in October, one that will be used to In October last year, L3 Commercial Aviation announced that it has
train more than 2,000 easyJet pilots from all been selected by Qantas to provide a B787-9 RealitySeven FFS for
over Europe. In Asia, the company inked a deal use at Qantas’ Flight Training Facility in Sydney, Australia. In July
with a brand-new Korean low-cost carrier, Fly last year, the company also signed a deal with Shenzhen Airlines
Gangwon, for pilot training services, as well as to provide a Boeing 737-8 FFS for its training center.

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