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flydubai opens new training centre in Dubai Airport Freezone (PHOTO)

Business Materials 5 March 2012 15:06 (UTC +04:00)
flydubai, Dubai’s innovative low cost airline, officially opened its new state-of-the-art training centre today, making it the only certified Boeing 737 facility in the UAE, the company said today.
flydubai opens new training centre in Dubai Airport Freezone (PHOTO)

Azerbaijan, Baku, March 5 / Trend E. Ismayilov /
flydubai, Dubai's innovative low cost airline, officially opened its new state-of-the-art training centre today, making it the only certified Boeing 737 facility in the UAE, the company said today.

The centre, located at DAFZ, not only allows flydubai to train its own cabin and flight deck crews, but to also conduct third party training to other airlines, including Global Jet, around the region.

flydubai's CEO, Ghaith Al Ghaith said that today is a very exciting day for flydubai. "I am very proud of the efforts the team has made to create a training centre of this calibre," he said. "We have now had 30 batches of cabin crew graduate from our internal programme and I look forward to seeing more complete this world-leading training as well as welcoming other airlines to take advantage of the excellent training facilities we have here."

The facility, which was built at a cost of more than AED 2 million, includes a fire and smoke training simulator plus four large classrooms and a dedicated computer-based training room. It is an expansion of the original training centre, which was opened in August 2010, and houses a 737 door trainer, emergency training slide, pilot training seat as well as four traditional classrooms.

The Director General of Dubai Airport Freezone (DAFZ), Dr. Mohammed Al Zarooni said that today's opening not only highlights the excellent facility flydubai has built here at the Freezone, but also shows the flexibility of our facilities to cater for diverse business activities. "I wish flydubai every success for its training centre and look forward to welcoming more crews to Dubai to train here," he said.

flydubai trains all its cabin crew in-house, from entry level to supervisors. All cabin crew undergo a thorough five-week course prior to their first flight, which includes cabin service, first aid and safety and security training. The airline also conducts recurrent training for both cabin and flight deck crews.

Established in March 2008, flydubai is Dubai's first low-cost airline and the fastest growing start-up airline in the world. Since commencing operations in June 2009, the airline has established an operational route network of more than 45 destinations across GCC, Middle East, North Africa, Indian Sub-Continent, Asia and the fringes of Europe and has built up a fleet of 22 aircraft. Owned by the government of Dubai, the low-cost carrier supports the city's commercial and tourism sectors by serving all travellers and providing them with affordable air links to a range of destinations.

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