Cargolux today announced that the world’s first Level D qualified full-flight Simulator (FFS) for the new Boeing 747-8 freighter aircraft is ready for training at the company’s training center in Luxembourg. Built by Canada-based CAE, the FFS received Level D qualification from the ‘Direction de l’Aviation Civile’ (DAC), Luxembourg’s national aviation authority, after the successful evaluation by the Luftfahrt-Bundesamt (LBA), the German counterpart of the DAC. In addition to its 747-8 flight simulator, Cargolux also operates an FFS for the 747-400F, again built by CAE. This, second simulator is in operation since 2000 and, like the 747-8 FFS, is used for the training of Cargolux’s crews. Both are also available for crew training of third parties.
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