Indra to equip GTA center with A320 simulator

Indra will equip the new pilot training center that GTA will open in Bogota, Colombia, with a state-of-the-art simulator of the A320 passenger plane prepared to offer 7,000 hours of training and teach 350 pilots each year.

Thedemand for training in these simulators is so great that they operate virtuallynon-stop 24 hours a day.

Pilotsneed to exceed a number of flight hours aboard annually to keep their license.They also take adaptation courses before taking the controls of a real A320.These are essential to train new pilots.

TheIndra simulator has level D certification, the maximum certification available.This means that one hour of flight on board equals one hour of actual flight interms of training. The system replicates the behavior of the aircraft withcomplete realism.

Pilotstrain in situations impossible to re-create in the air, such as the failure ofan engine or an emergency landing. They also practice landings at any airportin the world, in all kinds of weather conditions.

Establishing a strategy

InJanuary 2018, Indra and GTA signed an alliance to strengthen their leadershipposition in the global simulation and pilot-training market.

Thetechnology firm took a 35 percent stake in the academy's share capital. Thishas ensured a sustained demand as a simulator manufacturer and the necessarybusiness visibility in order to plan the improvements to ensure that theirsystems will always be advanced.

Atthe same time, GTA won the support of a company with a solid global presence,which has offices in more than 40 countries and which is active in 140. This isfacilitating its global expansion.

Indrais in turn expanding its position as a manufacturer of simulators to also enterthe training business. In this way, the size of the potential market that canbe accessed is multiplied to $3-billion a year, approximately.