Lufthansa Aviation Training (LAT) is in the process of installing seven new full-flight simulators (FFS) at various locations and will expand the company’s facilities in Munich and Vienna over the next year.
The Munich-headquartered pilot and flight attendant training subsidiary of Lufthansa Group says the effort is worth €89 million ($100 million) and represents the largest pilot training investment in LAT’s history; its number of FFS will grow to 60 under the programme.
In Frankfurt, LAT plans to install two Boeing 777-9 simulators and a combined Airbus Helicopters H135/145 simulator. Lufthansa is scheduled to receive its first 777-9 in 2020.
A second Airbus A350 FFS is to be installed at LAT’s Munich facility. The site, near Munich airport – which comprises two A320 FFS, one for A330/A340s and one for A350s – will be expanded to accommodate up to eight devices.
In addition to the new A350 simulator, an existing Embraer 190 FFS will be transferred from LAT’s Frankfurt campus to Munich. The remaining two slots will be available for future growth, LAT says.
