FlightSafety International (FSI) plans to disperse its business aircraft simulator fleet more widely to improve service to corporate customers - a break with the past, when the company located its training centres near manufacturers' factories.
FSI is the factory-authorised provider of initial customer training for most major business aircraft manufacturers, including Cessna, Dassault, Gulfstream and Raytheon. It operates simulator centres adjacent to their factories.
Now the US training company is expanding its reach. An increasing number of Citation simulators, for example, are being located close to Cessna's service centres. Most recently, FSI has placed a CitationJet simulator near Cessna's new service centre in San Antonio, Texas, set up to support Citation operators in the south-western USA, Mexico and Latin America. FSI's presence close to Cessna's new Le Bourget, Paris, service centre is also likely to be expanded.
The training company's base next to Gulfstream's Long Beach, California, service and completion centre has been strengthened with a GIV simulator. The company operates seven simulators at its centre close to Gulfstream's plant at Savannah, Georgia.
FSI's training base near to Bombardier's completion centre in Tucson, Arizona, has also been expanded, with Challenger 604 and Learjet 45 simulators. FSI also operates Challenger simulators at Houston and adjacent to the manufacturer's Montreal plant.
FSI also has additional Raytheon Beech King Air 200 simulators near the manufacturer's plant in Wichita, Kansas, and at Toledo, Ohio. A Learjet 55 machine has been relocated from Wichita to West Palm Beach, Florida.
Source: Flight International
