Boeing to open new training facility in Russia

Boeing is set to expand its flight and maintenance training capabilities in Russia with a new training facility, scheduled to open in 2015.

Located in the Skolkovo Innovation Center in Moscow, the facility will comprise four simulator bays, featuring three Next-Generation 737 full-flight simulators and one 777 full-flight simulator, with two of the simulators built by Transas.

Boeing will work together with Industrial Investors Group and its subsidiary Transas on the new project.

Boeing Flight Services vice-president Sherry Carbary said that the company is bringing Boeing’s flight and maintenance training closer to its Russian customers.

"Airlines in the region will benefit from a technologically advanced training campus staffed by the industry’s best qualified and most experienced pilots and instructors," Carbary said.

The campus will initially offer flight, maintenance and specialty training.

Local maintenance training will be provided across the range of Boeing aircraft that are currently in-operation, and flight training capability will include locally based instructors.

The facility will have scope for expansion to accommodate additional training capacity as required by customers.

Construction on the new training and research campus will begin in spring 2014, with training scheduled to commence in mid-2015.

According to the Boeing 2013 Pilot & Technician Outlook, the Commonwealth of Independent States, including Russia, will require 15,200 new commercial airline pilots and 18,000 new technicians over the next 20 years, supporting 1,530 new commercial aircraft by 2032.

Boeing’s new investment in Russia is a significant move in the region’s aviation safety, and will reduce travel times for airline crews as well as the costs of training.

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Image: According to the Boeing 2013 Pilot & Technician Outlook, 15,200 new commercial airline pilots and 18,000 new technicians will be needed over the next 20 years. Photo: courtesy of the Boeing Company.