Aviation services trainer Flight Simulation Technique Centre (FSTC) has opened a training centre in Hyderabad to cater to South India.
This is the second facility after its flagship centre in Gurugram. FSTC is the country's first registered standalone DGCA-Approved Training Organisation (ATO). It was recently approved as training centre by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).
The facility is planned to ease out operations for airlines and the aviation community based in the South and will be equipped with modern facilities and brand new simulators.
The eight-bay facility has different genre of simulation machines of Boeing, Airbus, ATR and DASH 8 (Q-400). The new facility will offer five simulators in the first phase and three in the second phase respectively for Level D simulator services to the industry.
“FSTC has secured European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approved ATO qualification recently which reflects the quality of training that will be offered,” DS Basraon, Director and CEO, FSTC, India, said in a statement.
“Not only in North, now airlines based in South will be able to make substantial savings in both costs and time by sending pilots to train at FSTC, Hyderabad facility,” said Sanjay Mandavia, Director and Accountable Manager, FSTC, India, said.
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