Hua-Ou expands offering portfolios

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By Hao Ting (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2009-09-27 17:38

Hua-Ou Aviation Training Center (Hua-Ou) is expanding its offering portfolios to cater to China's growing demand for pilots and maintenance mechanics.

The center is a joint venture between Airbus and China Aviation Supplies Holding Co.

Hua-Ou signed a memorandum of understanding on Friday with Cybel SA, a French knowledge management company, to launch an online e-learning database system for maintenance mechanics training in China.

Cybel will design the on-line training system, while Hua-Ou will translate it into Chinese to adapt the system to the local market. The target users are aviation technicians at airlines, maintenance repair organizations and schools.

"We have identified a crucial need for a new blended learning approach in aviation technical courses, especially one using on-line electronic resources. A market as big as China demonstrates a very significant demand for such training services as they allow technicians to be trained and to remain up-to-date on the technical subjects from the comfort of their home or as part of blended training," said Raymond Lim, general manager of Hua-Ou.

Hua-Ou signed another agreement on Wednesday with Edgewater College, an Ireland-based language-training provider, to provide English language training. The agreement also allows Edgewater College to use Hua-Ou as a regional center for its training courses.

Hua-Ou expanded its training capacity by 25 percent earlier this year. The new facilities at Hua-Ou host 20 percent more pilot trainees and 33 percent more engineering trainees each year.

Alteon, a wholly-owned training subsidiary of Boeing, operates a flight training center in Shanghai in partnership with Shanghai Airlines.

Alteon and Mil-Com Aerospace Pte from Singapore jointly own a company in Tianjin to provide maintenance training for the Boeing fleet in China.

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