Ansett Aviation Asia yesterday opened a training facility near Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport with the stated aim of offering high-quality aviation training programs.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Taoyuan Mayor Cheng Wen-tsang (鄭文燦) said the training center should provide a major boost to the development of Taiwan’s aviation industry and improve international aviation security.
The training center was established with an investment of US$20 million and the investment will increase to US$50 million in the next three years, he said.
Chen said that after the city government was notified last year about the Australian airline group’s plan to invest in Taoyuan, it gave its full support to the project.
That enabled Ansett Aviation Training to obtain a building permit in January and a business permit in May, paving the way for the opening of the training center, he said.
Ansett Aviation Asia was established by Ansett Australia, a major Australian airline group. The group is the largest aviation training facility operator in the southern hemisphere and has training centers around the world.
The center in Taiwan, located less than 10 minute’s drive from Taoyuan airport, is to offer simulator training for pilots working in airline companies in Taiwan and the rest of Asia.
An emergency evacuation simulation system will be introduced in the project’s second phase to train pilots, technicians and crew members, the company said.
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