Alpha Aviation invests US$11 million in simulator upgrade

October 1st 2018

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Asian pilot academy group, Alpha Aviation Group (Phillipines), has announced an US$11 million expansion of its suite of simulators and hangar facilities. Read More » The development includes installation of an Airbus A320 full flight simulator at the company’s Clark air field base north of Manila.

The Airbus FFS, which will be operating at the training centre from next year, will increase the simulators at the AAG centre to six. The new FSS will be equipped with Full Upset Prevention and Recovery Training for both the ceo and neo versions of the aircraft type. In addition to the new FFS, the training centre will be expanded to a four bay simulator centre.

The academy’s training options will be increased by the addition of more Cessna G1000 basic flight trainer aircraft and an A320 Integrated Procedure Trainer. By year end 2019, AAG will have 26 training aircraft available to student pilots at its academy.

AAG also operates one Alsim Flight Navigation Procedure Trainer, an Aeosim A320 Basic Instrument Training Device/Integrated Procedure Trainer and an MPS A32000 Fixed Base Simulator. Its CAE training devices are a CAE A320 FFS, EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency) certified Level D and a CAE A330/A340 FFS, also EASA certified to Level D.

AAG Philippines trains cadets for domestic carriers and also targets airlines across the region. This year, the academy has 300 student pilots enrolled in its various training courses. More than 800 of its graduates are flying with carriers that include Philippine Airlines, Cebu Pacific and AirAsia Philippines.

“The projects are in line with AAG’s commitment to provide world-class training solutions to its partners,” said AAG regional director Asia-Pacific, Christopher Magdangal. “These investments are part of our advocacy to help the Philippines grow and prosper as a premier aviation training hub in the region.”

Apart from AAG’s investment in the expanded Clark facility, the Bank of Philippine Islands (BPI) and BPI Century Tokyo Lease and Finance Corporation also provided funding for the project.