OREANDA-NEWS. June 20, 2008. S7 Airlines (Sibir Airlines), Russia’s largest air carrier by number of transported passengers on domestic routes, announces the purchase of two new full flight trainers for carrying out emergency rescue training of crews on Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 NG airplanes. Both trainers were manufactured by RP Aero Systems. The expansion and renewal of S7’s trainer equipment is part of an integrated program to develop the company’s aircraft crew training system at its own training center.

The emergency rescue trainer of the A320 includes all types of emergency evacuations and full simulation of the passenger cabin with built-in kitchen and blocks of seats. The trainer allows for the simulation of various emergency situations, including smoke, fire, depressurization and other emergency situations.

The trainer for conducting emergency rescue training on the Boeing 737 NG is a section of the fuselage with built-in emergency exits as well as fully-equipped crew stations and passenger seats.

The trainers will be installed at the company’s own training center located near Domodedovo International Airport. Equipped with emergency ramps, the device will be installed at the level that corresponds to the height of a real aircraft.

The first trainer to be installed and launched in August 2008 is for the Boeing 737 NG. The trainer for the A320 is slated for installation in January 2009.

The trainers cost more than US\\$2m.

“The acquisition of the new trainers makes our center one of Russia’s leading centers for the training of pilots and flight attendants on the most popular types of foreign-made airplanes. The new trainers allow our crews to improve the drills of all the emergency rescue procedures,” said Oleg Vasiliev, Director of the Aviation Training Center.