KARACHI: National flag carrier Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has acquired the first Airbus A320 simulator for pilot training, refresher courses and air safety

The latest Reality 7E Evolution Airbus A320 Full Flight Simulator (FFS) was obtained from L3Harris Technologies and will be installed at PIA Training Center (PTC) in Karachi.


Pakistan will become the first country in the region to acquire A320 simulator for pilot training and air safety. It is worth mentioning here that Pakistan has 670 pilots of Airbus A320.


Before acquiring modern simulators, pilots were required to travel abroad for refresher courses with a civil aviation inspector.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      The installation of the Airbus Simulator will eliminate the huge cost of training the national flag carrier for pilots. It turned out that the training of pilots was done abroad at a cost of about ڈالر 300 per hour, excluding travel and accommodation expenses.


The national airline has started construction of a simulator complex in which simulators of Boeing 747, 777 and Airbus 320 will be installed. The simulator complex will be connected to the airport hotel.