Alteon

Growth for Boeing’s training provider

Boeing’s Alteon training division officially opened its new Singapore Training Centre on January 18. The new facility, located just west of Changi Airport, has been operating since October last year and features seven full motion simulator bays, computer based training services, dozens of classrooms, and office space for visiting airline instructors.

The centre currently has four simulators installed: a Fokker 100 which was relocated from Alteon’s Incheon facility in Korea; an Airbus A320; a Boeing 777-200/300; and a Boeing 737-300/400/500. A 737-800 simulator is scheduled for commissioning in May, and a 787 simulator will follow in early 2008, giving the centre an eventual capacity to train more than 600 flight crews per year. In addition to the flight simulators, the Singapore training centre also has a cabin emergency evacuation trainer.