AeroLogic and Lufthansa Flight Training conclude contract on simulator training

AeroLogic GmbH has concluded a contract with Lufthansa Flight Training GmbH on the simulator training of its pilots. The contract provides for Lufthansa Flight Training to install a Boeing 777 simulator in Berlin in July 2009. AeroLogic will initially use the simulator for five years for type ratings as well as the training which its pilots must go through twice a year, in each case for two days, in order to retain their pilot’s licences. For the type ratings, pilots acquire the required licence for a specific aircraft model, in this case the Boeing 777-200F.

By already firmly reserving the necessary capacities to satisfy this training requirement well in advance, we are giving AeroLogic maximum planning security, explains Frank Berweger, Vice-president Sales & Marketing at Lufthansa Flight Training. A training programme tailored precisely to the requirements of AeroLogic as well as the high technical reliability of the LFT simulators of more than 99 percent thereby ensure optimal efficiency in pilot training.”

Dr. Thomas Papke, as one of the two AeroLogic managing directors responsible for flight operations and the training of the crews: Berlin can be reached very quickly from our home airport of Leipzig/Halle. This favourable location has a positive effect on our crew productivity. Moreover, we also get precisely those training times in the simulator requested by us. Lufthansa Flight training has put together the best overall package for us.”  

By 2012, AeroLogic will put eleven brand-new Boeing 777-200Fs into operation. The airline will receive the first four of them in 2009, four more in 2010, two in 2011, as well as one more aircraft in 2012. For these aircraft a total of around 200 pilots will be employed. Some of the future AeroLogic pilots will not yet have a licence for this aircraft type and must first of all go through the necessary type ratings. The type ratings consist of three modules: basic course, simulator training and line training, in which the pilot already flies the aircraft accompanied by an instructor.  

AeroLogic will start its flight operations with the summer timetable 2009 from Leipzig/Halle Airport.

Source: Transportweekly