Avcon Jet Chairman Alexander Vagacs Claims Honor

Global aviation training provider CAE recently opened its first training center in Central Europe in Vienna, Austria, and hosted its first customer. CAE also announced that its Gulfstream G550 full-flight (FFS) simulator is operating and it expects that the new Pilatus PC-24 FFS will be installed and operational at the 8,000 square meter (86,000 square foot) facility by late 2026.

Alexander Vagacs, Chairman of Avcon Jet, was welcomed as the first customer to receive training at the Vienna center. Avcon Jet is one of Europe’s major business aviation companies operating 100 aircraft worldwide.

The CAE Vienna facility will eventually house up to nine FFS including Europe’s first Bombardier Global 7500 this coming June, a Global Vision and  Embraer Phenom 100/300 this summer, and a Bombardier Challenger 3500 in October. The Vienna center complements the pilot and aircraft maintenance technician training presented at the CAE Burgess Hill center in the United Kingdom.

Alexandre Prévost, President of the CAE Business Aviation Division said, “We are very pleased that our first business aviation training centre in Central Europe is now open and offers customers an elevated training experience in a state-of-the-art facility. We look forward to expanding our capabilities at CAE Vienna with the addition of the Pilatus PC-24 FFS in 2026. This will be a very exciting year as new FFS enter service and we begin to welcome more customers to CAE Vienna.”

Alexander Vagacs said, “Having simulators in Vienna is a fantastic step because, as a company based in Vienna, this gives easy access for our pilots and our crews to training in Central Europe. It makes training much, much easier.”

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