2008 Sponsors

SILVER SPONSORS:

As part of Airbus Customer Services, Airbus Training ensures smooth entry-into-service of aircraft, by providing Airbus operators with a wide range of state-of-the-art training courses for pilots, flight attendants, maintenance staff and performance engineers.

Airbus Training uses innovative courseware, top-level instructors and the most advanced training technologies available. It provides courses via a worldwide network of training centres, to respond to customers’ needs.

Over the years, Airbus has developed the most comprehensive, innovative and tailored range of services, Air+ by Airbus, in partnership with its customers and suppliers. Today, it provides the most competent frontline support available and an ever-growing range of customized support services that contribute to safety, operations optimization, and profitability of airlines’ fleets.

Alteon Training is the world’s aviation training partner of choice and the industry leader in providing airline-focused aviation training solutions. The company provides its partners an expanding and integrated services portfolio that includes flight, technical, and cabin-crew training.

Alteon is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company within Boeing Commercial Airplanes' Commercial Aviation Services group. The training organization supports the world's aviation community operating more than 80 full flight simulators in 23 locations on 6 continents.

Drawing from resources across the Boeing network and 100 years of aerospace engineering experience, Boeing Simulator Services offers simulator updates and upgrades on flight training devices and full flight simulators worldwide.  Devices simulating Boeing designed aircraft and fabricated from Boeing simulator data packages come full circle by having the Boeing team bring the simulators up to date with the latest engineering releases, aircraft modifications, and system advances.  Boeing Simulator Services provides customers with an extensive resource of experts in simulation, flight data, logistics, and modification management.

CAE  is a leading provider of aviation training services and simulation technology with five decades of experience in creating the world's highest quality simulation equipment. Our full suite of devices, ranging from CAE Simfinity desktop and three-dimensional trainers to full flight simulators, delivers the same high quality simulation.

CAE's aviation training network comprises 22 facilities strategically located around the world with more than 100 full flight simulators and serves the major and regional airlines, business aircraft and helicopter operators. Present on four continents, CAE operators simulators in Amsterdam, Brussels, Dallas, Denver, Dubai, Madrid, Maastricht, Miami, Montreal, Moscow, Phoenix, Rome, Sao Paulo, Seattle, Singapore, Toronto, Vancouver, Washington and Zhuhai.

FlightSafety serves the regional aviation industry with technology and human resources that satisfy the training needs of pilots, maintenance technicians, and other members of your flight staff. These resources consist of an expanding fleet of advanced flight training devices, including full flight simulators housed in 40 learning centers and supported by expert professionals dedicated to customer satisfaction and safety.  Together, our technology and people continue to supply training services to a growing number of regional aircraft including ATR, Bombardier, Embraer, Fairchild, Hawker Beechcraft, Jetstream and Saab.

Flight Training Finance was created to assist airlines and operators of flight training equipment in reducing their annual flight training expenses and eliminating the cash needed for equipment purchase. FTF is quickly becoming the world leading provider of funds for simulator operating leases.

FTF implements a combination of strategies in the flight training arena that promises to efficiently enhance the training capabilities of smaller airlines and to free up cash invested in simulator assets for large airlines which operate their own flight training centers as follows:

Bring Flight Training to the Airline with Used Simulators
Provide Flight Training to Operators with Low Cost Simulators
Finance New High-End Simulators
Sale-Leasebacks of Existing Simulators

Honeywell Aerospace is a leading global provider of integrated avionics, engines, systems and service solutions for aircraft manufacturers, airlines, business and general aviation, military, space and airport operations. Honeywell Training Solutions provides customized training and support helping our customers get full value out of their equipment while enhancing operational performance. Honeywell believes that you should train on what you fly. With flight safety in mind, Honeywell provides hardware, software and data, as well as engineering expertise, for the most realistic training experience. So if you're looking for better training solutions, the choice is clear.

Oxford Aviation Academy is the amalgamation of GCAT Flight Academy with Oxford Aviation Training and BAe Systems Training.  The group is now the largest pilot training provider - from ab initio through to Type and line training - in Europe.  Training Centres are based in Copenhagen, Hong Kong, Gatwick and Heathrow, Manchester, Oslo, Oxford, Riga, Stockholm and Phoenix, USA. Cabin Crew and Maintenance Training are also provided.
More information on www.oaa.com

With a leadership pedigree extending to over half a century, Thales has delivered more full flight simulators than any other manufacturer.  We are close to the heart of the civil aviation community providing comprehensive training solutions, with highly cost-effective products and services, to meet the ever-evolving needs of the air transport sector.

BRONZE SPONSORS:

Aerosim is the recognized leader in low cost, hi-fidelity simulation training products within the air transport market.  Our FlightLine™ concept is designed to lift the burden of creating, changing, and supporting 100% of your ground school training; saving you time and money.  By incorporating a custom mix of Aerosim training technologies into your ground school footprint, we maintain your company culture while providing a complete solution for initial, recurrent and requalification training curriculum.  FlightLine is customized to your flight operations, aircraft configuration, procedures and standards and can be deployed on a variety of platforms including traditional classroom, CBT labs, and distance learning. You simply provide pilots and procure full flight simulator time.

EPST  is specialized in Selection Services for Airlines and Training Organizations and is currently leading provider in pilot aptitude selection services with its very flexible and dynamic COMPASS selection tool. This service is now used around the world and can be provided in any language required.

In addition, EPST is a training organization for ab-initio pilot training and provides a very comprehensive high quality Jet Orientation Course (45 hours on B737-NG or A320) at the end of its basic training. The EPST approach of “no cure no pay” protect its students from high financial risks in aviation training.

EPST is focused on quality selection and airline standard training in order to provide true airline proficiency. EPST believes in “Passion for Excellence”.

Frasca International manufactures a complete line of flight simulation equipment and has developed several products for airline use. These include CRJ FTDs, Frasca Bridge Trainers (FBT), CBT and FMST devices. New technology such as Computer Generated Instrumentation (CGI) and visual systems with satellite imagery add to the realism of Frasca devices. With nearly 50 years of simulation experience, Frasca is the comprehensive source for flight simulation worldwide.

Sim-Industries is a smart supplier of simulators and works in co-operation with leading companies in the simulation and aviation industry to develop and manufacture full flight simulators. Utilizing the latest high fidelity components, the simulators are designed to fulfill the requirements of the most demanding customers and to meet the highest international standards of certification.

In the global aviation industry, Sim-Industries continues building a reputation for quality and competitive pricing.

OFFICIAL PUBLICATION:

Civil Aviation Training (CAT) magazine is the world's leading source of information on training and simulation in the commercial aviation industry, and has in excess of 25,000 readers from airlines, cargo operators and third party training centres around the world.

Regular features include an in-depth training profile, corporate profile, regulatory review and all the latest news. Also featured are the newest developments in training technology, maintenance and cabin crew training. Our goal is to promote safety and security with efficiency and productivity in air transportation, and to provide data that supports industry growth and new business opportunities.

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