Aviation India: Careers

Thales selected to provide the synthetic training aids for a new Training Centre
Thales has been chosen by Jupiter Aviation to supply training equipment for Airbus and Boeing aircraft for a new independent aircrew-training centre, to be established in Bangalore. This centre will compliment Jupiter’s network of ab-initio training centres in India and will also act as a recurrent training and Type Rating facility for India’s leading airlines.
Thales will initially be providing two Full Flight Simulators (FFS), one configured to the Airbus A320 and the second configured to the Boeing 737. Lower level training devises will also be supplied and these include Thales Formation Systems Trainers (TFST) and Thales Flight Management System Trainers (FMST). These are lower level training devise for aircraft systems training, providing full aircraft systems simulation fidelity in a classroom.
Jupiter Aviation will also be obtaining a second tranch of training equipment, including two further FFS (types to be determined) and TFST’s / FMST’s from Thales at a later date.
Chris Gane, Vice President of the Thales simulation business, said: “We are very pleased that our equipment has been selected by such a dynamic company as Jupiter Aviation. This success further emphasis our recent success in India, a country that is seeing major growth in the aviation sector.
Mr Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Chairman and CEO, Jupiter Capital, commented: “This contract is part of a significant investment for the setting up an MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul) facility and aviation training & knowledge centres. We selected Thales because they are the market leaders in their field and most importantly they share our passion and will to succeed.”
23/06/07 PRESS RELEASE/ThalesOnline.com