New Delhi: The pilots of Boeing 747 flying Prime Minister Narendra Modi
and other top dignitaries on long-haul trips are going to receive better
training in coming months.
Air India is upgrading the flight simulator used to train pilots of the Boeing 747 jumbo which ferries VVIPs by next month. The simulator's visual training module is being upgraded using the latest technology from American avionics major Rockwell Collins.
"Our B-747 pilots are going to be the best trained in the world, at par with the training given to Air Force One pilots," said an AI official.
Indian dignitaries use the almost 25 year old jumbo jets for their long-haul flights and these planes will be phased out in the next three years — just at the fag end of Modi's term.
AI has 15 B-777s in its fleet. "Two of the youngest B-777 300 Extended Range (ER) aircraft from this fleet will be transferred to the defence ministry by the end of this year. These two planes joined our fleet in 2010 and have been flying with us almost five years. The defence authorities along with Boeing will retrofit these planes as India's very own Air Force One," said a senior official.
Defence authorities will give the written down value of these planes, estimated to be $100-105 million each, to AI, which will in turn use the money to pay off the aircraft loan for these two aircraft.
Read news in full 13/11/15 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
Air India is upgrading the flight simulator used to train pilots of the Boeing 747 jumbo which ferries VVIPs by next month. The simulator's visual training module is being upgraded using the latest technology from American avionics major Rockwell Collins.
"Our B-747 pilots are going to be the best trained in the world, at par with the training given to Air Force One pilots," said an AI official.
Indian dignitaries use the almost 25 year old jumbo jets for their long-haul flights and these planes will be phased out in the next three years — just at the fag end of Modi's term.
AI has 15 B-777s in its fleet. "Two of the youngest B-777 300 Extended Range (ER) aircraft from this fleet will be transferred to the defence ministry by the end of this year. These two planes joined our fleet in 2010 and have been flying with us almost five years. The defence authorities along with Boeing will retrofit these planes as India's very own Air Force One," said a senior official.
Defence authorities will give the written down value of these planes, estimated to be $100-105 million each, to AI, which will in turn use the money to pay off the aircraft loan for these two aircraft.
Read news in full 13/11/15 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
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