Billed As Largest Aviation Training Facility In Asia Pacific
Region
Boeing subsidiary Alteon Training
informed ANN yesterday of the official opening in Singapore of what
it's calling the largest aviation training facility in the Asia
Pacific region. On hand for the ceremony was Singapore's minister
for Trade and Industry Mr. Lim Hng Kiang. ANN reported on the
ground-breaking for the facility just last February.
Alteon says the state-of-the-art facility houses seven full
flight simulator bays. Four full-flight simulators are currently
installed including a Boeing 777-200/300; a Boeing 737-300/400/500;
an Airbus A320; and a Fokker 100. A Boeing 737-800 is planned for
installation in mid-2007 and the Boeing 787 is scheduled to arrive
in the first quarter of 2008.
"We are very excited to celebrate the opening of the newest
addition to our global network of training centers," said, Sherry
Carbary, Alteon president. "The Singapore center greatly
expands our capability to meet the increasing demands for aviation
training in the region."
Carbary also noted, "The government and people of Singapore have
been very supportive and welcoming of us and we would like to
express our gratitude and appreciation to them. Alteon looks
forward to working closely alongside the Singapore aviation
industry."
In addition to flight simulators, Alteon says the training
center hosts a cabin emergency evacuation trainer and other
advanced-technology training devices such as flat-panel trainers.
Pilots, maintenance and flight attendants in-training use
workstations equipped with self-guided computer based training,
allowing students to progress at their own pace. The center has six
classrooms, a computer-based training room and a student
lounge.
Located near the Changi International Airport, Alteon's
Singapore Training Center has the capability to train more than
6,000 pilot crews per year as well as maintenance and cabin crew
personnel, according to company claims.
Alteon Training bills itself as the world's preferred aviation
training partner. It says it provides its partners with an
expanding and integrated services portfolio that includes flight,
technical and cabin-crew training.
Alteon Training is a part of Boeing Commercial Airplanes'
Commercial Aviation Services group. The training organization
utilizes more than 80 full flight simulators in over 20 locations
around the world.