Pilot to establish a flight simulation training centre in Delhi

New Delhi: As domestic civil aviation market in India continues to register an impressive growth, there is a growing demand for trained pilots.

To cater to this demand, a new full-flight simulator training centre is coming up at Gurugram, near Delhi’s IGI international airport.

Spread over three acres, the new facility will be constructed in a phased manner with a modular concept with two full-flight simulators, increasing the number to four and then to eight in due course.

This facility, when fully operational, will have capacity to train over 3500 pilots annually.

India’s civil aviation sector, dubbed as the fastest-growing domestic aviation market in the world, is likely to grow at an annualised 9.3% over the next 20 years, outgrowing the world average of 4.6%.

Aviation majors have forecast a requirement for at least 1,600 new passenger and freighter aircraft by 2035. Corresponding increase in the country’s aircraft fleet will result in need of over 24,000 new pilots and aircraft maintenance engineers.
“At present we do not have sufficient flight simulators and training facilities which can keep pace with the growth of civil aviation market in India.
The upcoming flight simulator centre will finally emerge as the biggest in the country catering for single-aisle Airbus A 320 and Boeing 737 types of aircraft,’’ said Captain Sachin Khandekar, a pilot with Jet Airways who is the driving force behind the new simulator centre.
15/06/18 Hans India