Airbus Vietnam Training Centre at Vietjet to offer A320 type-rating courses

The Airbus Vietnam Training Centre (AVTC) has received regulatory approvals by the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) and European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for the provision of A320 Type Rating courses.
Airbus Vietnam Training Centre at Vietjet to offer A320 type-rating courses ảnh 1Airbus Vietnam Training Centre has been approved to offer A320 type-rating courses (Photo: Vietjet)
HCM City (VNA) – The Airbus Vietnam Training Centre (AVTC) has receivedregulatory approvals by the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) andEuropean Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for the provision of A320 Type Rating courses.
 
AVTC owns two A320 Full Flight Simulators and two A320 FlightTraining Devices, which are located at the Vietjet Aviation Academy (VJAA) inHo Chi Minh City and are operated by Airbus and Vietjet. The facilities arecurrently used primarily by Vietjet for recurrent and instructor training.AVTC has plans to install a third simulator to meet Vietjet’s increasingpilot training needs.

Each A320 Type Rating course run will last over a six-weekperiod and AVTC expects to train up to eight pilots each month.

“We are here to meet Vietjet’s pilot trainingneeds. After being grantedall the necessary regulatory approvals by both the CAAV and the EASA, AVTC ispassing an important milestone. We are pleased to support Vietjet as itcontinues to invest in its future through the latest training services,” saidWilliam Tauzin, General Manager of AVTC.

“We congratulate AVTC on receiving these important regulatoryapprovals. VJAA is a comprehensive training facility to train pilots, cabincrew, engineers and aviation staff, for not only Vietjet but also our regionalpeers. Besides the simulators and flight training devices from Airbus, VJAA isalso equipped with cabin simulators, emergency training facilities andOlympic-standard wave pools. Vietjet is glad to continue our close partnershipwith Airbus in further investing in the most modern and advanced trainingdevices to meet the development demands of Vietjet and others in the future,”added Luong The Phuc, Vietjet Vice President of Training.

Housed within the Vietjet Training Academy in Ho Chi Minh City,the Airbus-managed AVTC was established in October 2018 under an agreementbetween Airbus and Vietjet. Airbus brings its processes, tools and expertise toprovide state-of-the-art training devices as well asits internationally recognised course content. Besides A320 Type Ratingtraining, AVTC also provides other flight training services, such as instructorcourses./.
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