LaGuardia Airport, New York (April 29, 2010) – FlightSafety International is pleased to announce that it will build a new flight simulation equipment design, manufacturing and support facility in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.
“FlightSafety’s new flight simulation equipment design and manufacturing facility will enable us to further increase the efficiency of our manufacturing processes, augment our production capacity, and provide our Teammates in Broken Arrow with a productive work environment,” said Bruce Whitman, President & CEO.
“We appreciate the support and assistance the City of Broken Arrow, Broken Arrow’s Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development Corporation and the Oklahoma Department of Commerce have agreed to provide. We are proud to have been a member of the Broken Arrow business community since 1978 and look forward to being a part of this growing area for many years to come,” said Rick Armstrong, Vice President, Simulation.
Construction of the new state of the art facility is scheduled to begin this spring and is expected to be completed in 2011. The building will include a dedicated area for component manufacturing, final assembly, and shipping and receiving. It has been designed in accordance with the Lean Manufacturing Flow process to ensure that the flight simulators and other advanced training devices the company builds are produced efficiently and with the high quality FlightSafety is recognized for the world over.
It will also include areas for engineering, Customer service and logistics support as well as Teammate offices and service areas. The entire facility will be designed and built to conserve energy and to provide an efficient and productive work environment.
FlightSafety has designed and manufactured close to six hundred full flight simulators and other advanced training devices since 1978. They are used in the training FlightSafety provides to pilots, aircraft maintenance technicians, flight attendants and other aviation professionals at its Learning Centers. The company is also a leading supplier of aviation training devices to airlines, governments and military agencies around the world. In the past year alone, FlightSafety produced and delivered devices that will be used for training Customers from Australia, Brazil, Egypt, Israel, Jordan and Singapore.
FlightSafety International is the world’s premier professional aviation training company and supplier of flight simulators, visual systems and displays to commercial, government and military organizations. The company provides more than a million hours of training each year to pilots, technicians and other aviation professionals from 154 countries and independent territories. FlightSafety operates the world’s largest fleet of advanced full flight simulators at Learning Centers and training locations in the United States, Canada, France, Japan, South Africa and the United Kingdom.
