Source: CARNOC.com Author: 07/02/2008
Subject Concerned: Government Aircraft Airlines
On July 1, an Airbus A330/340 full flight simulator was officially put into use at the flight training centre of Air China's training department in the morning.
The A330/340 full flight simulator was the first Airbus-series flight simulator introduced by Air China's Beijing headquarters.
It is equipped with advanced control and design system, electric motion platform, control loading system and 4-channels LCoS projection display system and takes a 210-degree view while the cockpit adopts real aircraft panels and advanced instructor control console, offering a vivid cockpit environment for flight training.
Song Zhiyong, vice president of Air China, told CARNOC.com that there are 62 Airbus aircraft at Air China comprising A319s, A320s, A330s and A340s. They account for 35% of the total fleet.
The brand new A330/340 full flight simulator in Beijing and Air China Southwest Branch Company's A320 simulator together make up the airline's Airbus flight training series, which can provide up to 6,000 hours of training per year. The training includes various initial, recurrent and transition training programs.
It is understood by CARNOC.com that the A330/340 full flight simulator, which Air China purchased from Canada-based CAE Inc., arrived in Beijing on April 14.
Before its arrival, Air China partially reconstructed and renovated the flight simulator equipment room in order to meet the new simulator's installation and other requirements.
From April 14 to June 19, the simulator's installation, debugging and field inspection and acceptance were gradually carried out.
From June 20 to June 24, CAAC launched a five-day initial inspection and examination of the new simulator, which turned out to be in good conditions and satisfies Class D flight simulation training device qualification standards. The simulator passed CAAC inspection and examination with flying colours.
All information is based on Chinese press report with translation by Swift Flight Translation Corporation.