Civil Simulator Census 2021
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CIVIL SIMULATOR CENSUS In association with 2021 CIVIL SIMULATOR CENSUS 2021 CONTENTS ANALYSIS 4 CENSUS: BY AIRCRAFT TYPE AIRBUS A220 5 A300/A310 5 Who offers A320 family 5 A320neo family 8 comprehensive A330/340 8 A350 9 A380 10 cadet to captain ATR ATR 42/72 10 training? BAE SYSTEMS Avro RJ/146/Jetstream 31 11 BEECHCRAFT Beech 1900D 11 We do. BOEING 717 11 737 Classic 11 CAE is the training partner of choice 737NG 12 for more airlines worldwide than any other 737 Max 14 organization. Our training programs span 747 14 the entire lifecycle of the professional pilot, 757/767 15 from cadet to captain. Make CAE the first 777 16 SAAB Czech Republic 23 Netherlands 27 340/2000 20 Denmark 24 New Zealand 27 choice for all your pilot training needs. 787 17 MD-11 17 SUKHOI Egypt 24 Norway 27 MD-80/90 18 Superjet 100 20 Ethiopia 24 Oman 27 BOMBARDIER XIAN Fiji 24 Pakistan 27 CRJ100/200/700/900/1000 18 MA-60 20 Finland 24 Panama 27 COMAC France 24 Peru 28 ARJ21/C919 18 CENSUS: BY COUNTRY Germany 25 Philippines 28 Hong Kong 25 Poland 28 DE HAVILLAND CANADA Argentina 21 Iceland 25 Qatar 28 Dash 8 Q100/200/300/400 18 Australia 21 India 25 Russia 28 DORNIER Austria 21 Indonesia 25 Saudi Arabia 28 328 19 Azerbaijan 21 Ireland 26 Singapore 28 EMBRAER Bahrain 21 Italy 26 South Africa 29 EMB-110 Bandeirante/EMB-120 Brasilia 19 Belgium 21 Japan 26 South Korea 29 ERJ-135/145 19 Brazil 21 Jordan 26 Spain 29 E-170/175/190/195 19 Bulgaria 22 Kenya 26 Sri Lanka 29 FOKKER Canada 22 Kuwait 26 Sweden 29 50/70/100 20 Chile 22 Latvia 26 Switzerland 29 MCDONNELL DOUGLAS China 22 Lebanon 26 Taiwan 29 DC-8/9/10 20 Colombia 23 Lithuania 26 Thailand 29 The information contained in our databases and used in this presentation has been Luxembourg 27 Turkey 30 assembled from many sources, and whilst reasonable care has been taken to ensure Malaysia 27 UAE 30 accuracy, the information is supplied on the understanding that no legal liability whatsoever shall attach to FlightGlobal, its offices, or employees in respect of any error or omission that Malta 27 UK 30 may have occurred. Mexico 27 USA 31 © 2021 FlightGlobal, part of DVV Media International Myanmar 27 Vietnam 35 FlightGlobal | 3 CIVIL SIMULATOR CENSUS 2021 CIVIL SIMULATOR CENSUS 2021 ANALYSIS CENSUS: BY AIRCRAFT TYPE CAE holds a share of around 59% of installed civil full-flight simulators and Market share by simulator manufacturer LOCATION OPERATOR QTY AIRCRAFT TYPE TYPE SIM OEM VISUAL DISPLAY LEVEL training devices, FlightGlobal’s latest annual Civil Simulator Census shows. AIRBUS A220 EUROPE Unrecorded Germany Frankfurt CAE Frankfurt - Flight Training Alliance 1 A220-300 FFS CAE Tropos 6022 LD That follows the acquisition of the Canadian assets of TRU Simulation + Latvia Riga Air Baltic Training 1 A220 FFS CAE LD Training, which CAE recently acquired. TRU accounts for a little over 4% of 12% Switzerland Zurich Lufthansa Aviation Training (Zurich) 1 A220-100 FFS CAE Tropos 6222 XR LD Other the installed civil simulator market. MIDDLE EAST 3% Egypt Cairo Egyptair Training Academy 1 A220-300 FFS FSI LD NORTH AMERICA The latest Civil Simulator Census covers data for more than 1,500 in- CIVIL SIMULATORS Canada Toronto Air Canada Flight Training Centre (Toronto) 2 A220 FTD CAE L4 service devices, predominantly full-flight simulators. Manufacturer data Canada Toronto Air Canada Flight Training Centre (Toronto) 1 A220-200 FFS CAE LD FlightSafety IN SERVICE is unrecorded for around 12% of these devices. CAE’s market share, Canada Montreal CAE Montreal Training Centre 1 A220-100 FFS CAE Tropos 6222 XR/200 LD International 9% Canada Montreal CAE Montreal Training Centre 2 A220-100 FTD CAE Tropos 6222 XR/200 L6 including TRU, rises to around two-thirds when these are unknown device 59% CAE* USA Atlanta, Georgia Delta Air Lines 2 A220-100 FFS CAE LD manufacturers are excluded. 1,550 USA Atlanta, Georgia Delta Air Lines 1 A220-100 FTD L7 USA Orlando, Florida JetBlue Airways 3 A220-300 FFS CAE Tropos 6000XR LD L3Harris remains the second-largest provider of civil aircraft simulators, AIRBUS A300/A310 ASIA-PACIFIC followed by FlightSafety International. 17% China Pudong Shanghai Eastern Flight Training Centre 1 A300 FFS CAE LD China Pudong Shanghai Eastern Flight Training Centre 1 A300 FTD CAE LD Narrowbodies account for more than half of the all simulators and training L3Harris Thailand Bangkok Thai Airways Flight Simulator Training Center 1 A300-600R FFS L3Harris ESIG-3350/180 LD devices covered by the census, and widebodies for around 30%. EUROPE France Toulouse Blagnac Airbus Training Centre 1 A300-F4 600 FFS L3Harris Tropos 6000/200 L3 France Toulouse Blagnac Airbus Training Centre 1 A310-300 FFS L3Harris Tropos 6000/200 LA Germany Berlin Lufthansa Aviation Training (Berlin) 1 A300-B4 600 FFS CAE EP-1000CT LCG Airbus A320-family aircraft – including Neos – account for around one- Notes: Data for airliner civil simulators in operation * includes TRU Simulation + Training quarter of installed civil flight simulators and devices. Boeing 737-family Source: FlightGlobal Civil Simulator Census Netherlands Amsterdam CAE Amsterdam Training Centre 1 A300 FFS CAE Vital IV LD MIDDLE EAST aircraft, across classic, next-generation and Max models, make up 22%. Jordan Amman Jordan Airline Training and Simulation 1 A310-300 FFS L3Harris EP-1000C/150 LD NORTH AMERICA Simulator occupancy and demand has been hit hard over the past year The TRU divestment follows CAE’s acquisition last November of Canada Montreal CAE Montreal Training Centre 1 A310-200 FFS CAE Tropos 6000 LC as pilots were furloughed, fleets grounded, and deliveries delayed. Like Amsterdam-based pilot training firm Flight Simulator Company for $83 USA Memphis, Tennessee FedEx (Memphis) 2 A300-600F FFS CAE LD USA Memphis, Tennessee FedEx (Memphis) 1 A300-600F FFS L3Harris EP-1000CT/150 L6 aircraft, hundreds of simulators have sat idle for much of the crisis. million. That business operates a suite of mainly CAE-built full-flight USA Memphis, Tennessee FedEx (Memphis) 1 A310-300 FFS CAE LC simulators, including nine 737s and Airbus A320-family devices, a 747 USA Louisville, Kentucky UPS Airlines (Louisville) 2 A300-600F FFS L3Harris ESIG-3800/180 LD CAE notes that the devices in its own training locations operated at and a 787, and an Embraer 190, operated in partnership with FlightSafety USA Louisville, Kentucky UPS Airlines (Louisville) 1 A300-B4600 FTD L3Harris L4 around 50% capacity during the second half of 2020 and into the first three International. CAE followed that with the purchase for $25 million of AIRBUS A320 FAMILY AFRICA months of 2021. CAE was expecting to deliver 35 full-flight simulators in its Merlot Aero, a crew management software company. South Africa Johannesburg CAE Johannesburg Training Centre 1 A320 FFS L3Harris LD fiscal year, which ends on 31 March, compared with 56 in the previous year. ASIA-PACIFIC In its latest results, CAE notes that the outlook for the sector has improved Australia Melbourne Ansett Aviation Training 2 A320-232 FFS CAE EP-1000CT/200 LD Australia Melbourne Ansett Aviation Training 1 A320-232 FFS TRU Simulation + Training aXion Front Projection LD For its part, L3Harris took orders for seven full-flight simulators in 2020, since the outset of the pandemic, reflecting “the benefits of a highly Australia Parafield Airport Flight Training Adelaide 1 A320-200 FTD TRU Simulation + Training L5 against 10 in 2019. In its full-year financial results, the diversified defence regulated aviation industry and the fundamental requirement for aviation China Beijing Airbus Training Centre (Beijing) 1 A320-200 FFS LD and aerospace technology company said the slump in the market had training”. This gives many in the sector some hope. Even with a modest China Beijing Airbus Training Centre (Beijing) 1 A320-200 FFS L3Harris EP-8000/200 LD “significantly reduced” demand for flight training and simulators for its recovery later this year, the need for furloughed pilots to regain currency, China Chongqing Chongqing Yu Xiang Aviation 1 A320 family FFS CAE Tropos 60000XR LD China Guanghan Civil Aviation Flight University of China 1 A320 FFS CAE LD commercial aviation solutions business. This led to L3Harris temporarily or retrain on different types as the global fleet mix changes, could drive a China Guanghan Civil Aviation Flight University of China 1 A320 FFS TRU Simulation + Training RSi RasterFlite LD closing some of its facilities and launching a “restructuring” drive to “align hike in simulator hours. China Guanghan Civil Aviation Flight University of China 1 A320 FTD TRU Simulation + Training RSi RasterFlite L5 its resources with the outlook for the commercial aviation market”. China Haikou Hainan Airlines Training Center 2 A320 FFS Indra INVIS-2 LD China Haikou Hainan Airlines Training Center 3 A320 FFS L3Harris LD “There will be a catch-up of delayed training,” maintains Robin Glover- China Beijing Hua-Ou Aviation Training Centre 1 A320-200 FFS TRU Simulation + Training EP-8100/200 LD The year was notable for further consolidation activity, though, as CAE Faure, vice-president sales and marketing, commercial aviation at L3Harris. China Beijing Hua-Ou Aviation Training Centre 3 A320-200 FFS L3Harris ESIG-3350/180 LD in November announced plans to buy the Canadian-based commercial “Airlines will also be changing the types of aircraft they operate with pilots China Pudong Shanghai Eastern Flight Training Centre 4 A320 FFS CAE Tropos R200 LD aviation arm of Textron’s TRU training business – the third player in of the 747-400 or other four-engined types having to learn the ropes on an China Pudong Shanghai Eastern Flight Training Centre 2 A320 FTD Atlantis LD China Pudong Shanghai Eastern Flight Training Centre 1 A320 IPT CAE Airbus A350, perhaps.