In this way, the airline reduces travel costs and the crews save time because they will not have to undergo training in other locations. the Airbus A320) annually.Īt the same time, all Austrian Airlines trainings on the aircraft types Airbus A320, Bombardier DHC-8 and Embraer EMB190 can be carried out in Vienna in the future, to give one example. This roughly corresponds to all officially relevant recurrent trainings of 360 short- and medium-haul aircraft (e.g. After the building extension has been put into operation, the new simulators will help enable the facility to offer a total of 36,000 full flight simulator hours. Initially two new Airbus A320 simulators will complement the training fleet in Vienna. After completion in the first quarter of the year 2020, the planned expansion will offer sufficient space for up to three additional full flight simulators and two flight training devices (FTD) including the accompanying briefing rooms. Ongoing training operations during the construction phase will continue as scheduled. It was held on Thursday, on the eastern side of the Lufthansa Aviation Training Austria building in Vienna. Ola Hansson (Managing Director of Lufthansa Aviation Training GmbH), Christian Korherr (Managing Director of Lufthansa Aviation Training Austria), Alexis von Hoensbroech (CEO of Austrian Airlines) and Julian Jäger (Member of the Management Board of Flughafen Wien AG) took part in the symbolic groundbreaking. The cockpit crews of more than 20 airlines regularly undergo training in Vienna. The facility has attracted a large clientele in the field of pilot training due to the extensive demand for pilots. The simulator center in operation since 2006 is home to four full flight simulators (FFS) and two flat panel trainers (FPT) at present. Lufthansa Aviation Training (LAT) gave the go-ahead at the beginning of the year for the expansion of the training site of Lufthansa Aviation Training Austria in Vienna, involving investments in the double-digit million euro range. The invited guests included Elisabeth Landrichter, Head of the Aviation Department at the Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology, Austrian Airlines CEO Alexis von Hoensbroech and Julian Jäger, Member of the Management Board of the Vienna Airport operating company Flughafen Wien AG. Lufthansa Aviation Training Austria und Austrian Airlines sent out invitations to a ground-breaking ceremony on the occasion of the impending begin of construction work. Lufthansa Aviation Training Austria GmbH is expanding its training facility in Vienna in the field of pilot training, creating space for additional modern training devices used in the training of pilots.
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