Turkiye – headquartered flight simulator manufacturer HAVELSAN, has confirmed that its Airbus A320 Full Flight Simulator (FFS) developed for Turkish Airlines has received EASA Level D certification and is now operational within the airline’s pilot training infrastructure.

• The newly certified device supports Airbus A320 CEO and NEO configurations with three different engine options, expanding Turkish Airlines’ in-house simulator capacity for initial, recurrent, and upgrade training.

• The simulator is installed at the Turkish Airlines training centre in Istanbul and is already being used in active pilot training operations.

• A key milestone within the certification programme was the successful EASA Level D qualification of HAVELSAN’s proprietary STARVIEW imaging system, marking its first-ever EASA Level D approval and debuting its use within an operational airline simulator environment.

• HAVELSAN has stated its capability to manufacture up to eight full-flight simulators per year, while supporting airlines with flexible simulator centre expansion solutions.

• The company currently has more than six full-flight simulators under construction, supported by an increased focus on after-sales support and long-term cooperation projects with airline and training centre customers.

Statements

• “The Airbus A320 Full Flight Simulator, which we developed for the training infrastructure of Turkish Airlines with three different engine options in CEO and NEO configurations, has received EASA Level D certification and is ready to provide training,” said Dr. Mehmet Akif Nacar, General Manager of HAVELSAN.

• “Our Imaging System STARVIEW, which we developed with national resources, passed the EASA Level D certification processes for the first time and started to be used in the simulator,” Nacar added.

• “I wish that the A320 Full Flight Simulator, which was installed at the Turkish Airlines training center in Istanbul and is actively used in pilot training operations, will be beneficial to THY.”

Source: Mehmet Akif Nacar (Havelsan)