Airlines setting up aviation academies

New Delhi: Jet Airways, Kingfisher Airlines and Air Deccan are in the process of setting up aviation training academies.
Deccan Aviation, which runs the low-fare and low-cost carrier Air Deccan, is planning a residential training centre at Bangalore.
The centre will have facilities including aircraft simulators (for ATR and Airbus aircraft) to train pilots, engineers, flight dispacthers, cabin crew and security personnel.
Jet Airways has plans for a new integrated training centre in Mumbai to provide training facilities to pilots, inflight crew, airport staff, security personnel and ground staff.
Meanwhile, Kingfisher Airlines has also firmed up plans to set up a major training centre at Thane near Mumbai for pilots and engineers.
The training centre will have two simulators designed for Airbus and ATR aircraft.
15/06/06 P R Sanjai/Business Standard

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