ATR’s new pilot training center in Singapore achieves EASA certification
ATR’s newest flight training center in Singapore is now officially
approved by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and is ready to
start training courses shortly. The center will provide a high level of
training programs from flight crew type rating through recurrent
training to differences courses. Strategically located in the Seletar
Aerospace Park, a major hub for the Singapore aerospace industry, the
center will officially be inaugurated mid-December this year.
With this recently obtained EU-A0015 certification, the new training
facility in Singapore has clearly lost no time in stepping into the same
rank as the main Training Center in Toulouse, France, ensuring full
compliance to the newly announced EASA rules. As a reminder, the freshly
obtained FR.ATO.0001 certification made ATR’s Training Center in
Toulouse the first approved training organization in France under the
new EASA regulation.
The EASA certification of the new ATR Training Center in Singapore
gives way to a long term operational approval of the flight training
equipment. It covers the Full Flight Simulator (FFS) for ATR -600
series, the maintenance/flight simulation training devices (MFSTD) and a
brief/debrief station. This FFS is the second for ATR's -600 series
program. The very first one is located at the main ATR Training Center
in Toulouse, France, along with a Full Flight Trainer (FFT) for ATR
-600s. All these FFS and FFT will enable training both for ATR 42-600s
and ATR 72-600s variants.
ATR has more than 250 aircraft operating in Asia-Pacific, plus some
other 80 aircraft in backlog for airlines operating in that region. The
new Training Center in Singapore is thus becoming a significant step
toward providing ATR operators a more comprehensive training and
Customer Support experience in their region.
This new Training facility completes ATR’s offer in Singapore. ATR has
already a Customer Support Center and a warehouse based there for Asian
operators.
"Increasing our customer support capabilities and services around the
globe is a strategic priority for ATR. The certification of this new
and unique training facility is an important step in growing our
presence in Asia Pacific region," said Mr. Lilian Braylé, ATR’s Senior
Vice-President Product Support & Services. “Achieving EASA status
for our Singapore training facility shows ATR’s Clients that our
processes meet the highest standard in each of our facilities around the
world. As an aircraft manufacturer, we have a commitment to Quality and
providing products and services that will successfully meet our
customers’ needs.”
source;atr press release
