U.S. flight simulator lands at Air India

Seattle: Boeing Co. subsidiary Alteon Training LLC recently delivered a new Boeing 737NG flight simulator to Air India Charters Ltd., fulfilling part of a business deal it signed with the state-run airline in mid-November.
Alteon workers began the complicated process of installing the simulator upon its arrival late last month at Air India's Mumbai training facility. The Indian government is scheduled to certify the simulator for use in late January.
Air India has said it will use the 737NG simulator mainly to support its low-cost division, Air India Express Ltd., which it established in May 2004.
However, Indian carriers that fly Boeing's 737NG aircraft will also be able to rent time on the simulator to train their crews.
Alteon's contract with Air India stipulates that it deliver and install three Boeing aircraft simulators over the next two years to the Air India Operations Center in Mumbai. The first of the simulators to arrive was the 737NG; Alteon is scheduled to deliver a Boeing 777 simulator in November 2007 and a Boeing 787 simulator in early 2008.
15/12/06 Chris Nelson/IndUS Business Journal, US

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