East African airlines grow links with EgyptAir training

EgyptAir Training Centre has signed a deal with fellow-Star Alliance member Ethiopian Airlines to provide simulator training for the east African airline's B777 pilots.
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The contract was signed last month with the first Etthiopian pilots visiting the training centre close to the interatiopnal airport at Cairo.

Ethiopian is growing its Boeing B777 fleet and head of the training centre, vice president Hany Azmy stressed the importance of African airlines to growth in the region and the role that EgyptAir is playing with helping the development.

The Centre also welcomed visitors from Air Tanzania who visited the fleet of simulators Including which B777,B737,A320,A330 and A340 as well as the centre’s cabin emergency evacuation trainer.

PICTURED: Hany Azmy inside the B777 simulator at EgyptAir

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