Boeing expand airplane maintenance campus with flight simulators
Aircraft maker Boeing has announced that it will expand its airplane
maintenance training capabilities in Russia with a new, state-of-the-art
training campus. The new facility will open with four simulator bays,
featuring three Next-Generation 737 full-flight simulators and one 777
full-flight simulator.
The new full-service training facility— set to open in 2015—will be located in the Skolkovo Innovation Center in Moscow. Boeing will work in cooperation with Industrial Investors Group and their subsidiary Transas on the project.
Initial capability will include flight, maintenance and specialty training. Local maintenance training will be available across the spectrum of Boeing aircraft currently in operation, and flight training capability will include locally based instructors.
Boeing Flight Services vice president Sherry Carbary said, “We are bringing Boeing’s flight and maintenance training closer to our Russian customers, giving them the world-class support they need to successfully operate and maintain their fleets.”
“Airlines in the region will benefit from a technologically advanced flight, maintenance training campus staffed by the industry’s best qualified and most experienced pilots and instructors.”
“We are delighted to become technology partners in this unique project,” said Nikholay Lebedev, president, Transas Group. “We strongly appreciate that our flight simulation technologies have become part of this international project, aimed at improving the efficiency and quality of flight crew training in Russia—a sign of confidence in our products that we are proud of.”
Two of the Boeing flight simulators will be built by Transas. The facility is designed to allow for expansion to accommodate additional training capacity as required by customers.
The Boeing 2013 Pilot & Technician Outlook estimates that the Commonwealth of Independent States, including Russia, will require 15,200 new commercial airline pilots and 18,000 new technicians over the next two decades, supporting 1,530 new commercial airplanes by 2032.
The new full-service training facility— set to open in 2015—will be located in the Skolkovo Innovation Center in Moscow. Boeing will work in cooperation with Industrial Investors Group and their subsidiary Transas on the project.
Initial capability will include flight, maintenance and specialty training. Local maintenance training will be available across the spectrum of Boeing aircraft currently in operation, and flight training capability will include locally based instructors.
Boeing Flight Services vice president Sherry Carbary said, “We are bringing Boeing’s flight and maintenance training closer to our Russian customers, giving them the world-class support they need to successfully operate and maintain their fleets.”
“Airlines in the region will benefit from a technologically advanced flight, maintenance training campus staffed by the industry’s best qualified and most experienced pilots and instructors.”
“We are delighted to become technology partners in this unique project,” said Nikholay Lebedev, president, Transas Group. “We strongly appreciate that our flight simulation technologies have become part of this international project, aimed at improving the efficiency and quality of flight crew training in Russia—a sign of confidence in our products that we are proud of.”
Two of the Boeing flight simulators will be built by Transas. The facility is designed to allow for expansion to accommodate additional training capacity as required by customers.
The Boeing 2013 Pilot & Technician Outlook estimates that the Commonwealth of Independent States, including Russia, will require 15,200 new commercial airline pilots and 18,000 new technicians over the next two decades, supporting 1,530 new commercial airplanes by 2032.
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