ATR formally inaugurated its new training center in Miami, Florida, US. This new facility is set with a brand new Full Flight Simulator (FFS) for ATR -600 series aircraft, provided by CAE. The new ATR training center which is located at the Airbus training premises is chiefly oriented to present and future ATR operators on the American continent.
In Latin America and the Caribbean, the fleet of ATR aircraft has doubled within the last decade, and the number of ATR -600s is likely to exceed 100 aircraft within the next three years. The opening of this new training facility at one of the main hubs in America falls in line with ATR’s customer support strategy aiming to provide pilot training solutions close to its customers.
The new Miami facility is the fifth ATR training centers, after Toulouse, Paris, Singapore and Johannesburg. ATR presently delivers over 100,000 training hours and trains over 3,500 pilots each year on various programs.
Miami will apply the same standards and provide the same leading-edge training courses as Toulouse, including Performance-Based Navigation (PBN) for ATR -600s. The training center in Miami has been approved both EASA and FAA Part 142 certifications.
Christian Scherer, ATR’s chief executive officer, stated, “Due to the global expansion of air transport, airlines are expected to need 600,000 new pilots within the next 20 years. As the world reference in the regional market, we have to provide and anticipate solutions for regional carriers. The Training Center in Miami is a natural step in our aim of being as close as possible to our operators in the region, and a strategic move to reenter the US market.”
