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Air Deccan plans flying schools

By P R Sanjai in Mumbai
December 03, 2005 14:58 IST
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Low-cost carrier Air Deccan is planning to set up a residential flying school in Bangalore for training pilots, engineers and airhostesses.

"The proposed facility will be set up in a 15-acre land near Bangalore International Airport. We are in the process of acquiring land for the project," Air Deccan managing director GR Gopinath said.

The airline has tied up with Canadian firm CAE for training modules with two full-motion simulators, flight-training device and simulator maintenance service. For the first three months, CAE would provide training equipment and services for its Airbus A320 and ATR 42/72 fleets, he said.

"This school will be a one-stop training solutions for Air Deccan as it will provide training for in-flight services, airhostesses, pilots and engineers. Moreover, this facility will enable the airline to save a substantial amount for training," Gopinath said.

Gopinath declined to divulge the cost of the proposed flying school. However, aviation industry sources pointed out that the listed price for two simulators would be over $35 million and the land acquisition cost would also add up to the cost of the training facility.

Gopinath said the expenses for sending the pilots abroad are mounting day by day. The single-day training would virtually mean loss of four days because of travel and other formalities.

This flying academy is going to be critical for Air Deccan as it would enable the carrier to cut costs substantially and is all set to acquire 40 Airbus and 38 ATR aircraft in five years.

"Air Deccan will have one aircraft a month in the wake of expanding its network to 46 airports from December 6. The carrier will launch services from Delhi to Srinagar and Pune," Gopinath said.

The carrier is also innovatively planning to start services for routes such as Nasik-Nagpur, Chandigarh-Jammu, Kolkata-Ranchi, Hyderabad-Rajamumundhri, Nagpur-Amritsar, Gwalior-Indore, Bangalore-Bellari, Kolkata-Jamshedpur, Kolkata-Patna and Nagpur-Ahmedabad.

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