Wizz Air has announced the opening of its second training center in Rome, Italy, in 2024. The new facilities will cover over 2,500 square meters and will be located within close proximity to Terminal 1 of Rome Fiumicino Airport.
With an investment of 38 million euros, the new training center will feature three full-flight simulators for the training of over 4,800 Wizz Air pilots per year.
The briefing and theoretical training rooms will occupy 1,290 square meters across two floors, while nearly 600 square meters will be dedicated to the full-flight simulator room for the Airbus A320 family.
Each simulator will be able to accommodate up to 135 pilots per month. Construction has already commenced, and it is expected that the facilities will open for theoretical training in May 2024, while the simulators will be fully operational by the end of the year.
Robert Carey, President of Wizz Air, commented that «investing in our greatest asset, our employees, is a source of pride as we announce the launch of our new training center in Rome. This marks Wizz Air’s continued commitment to the highest standards of safety and ongoing training with state-of-the-art equipment.»
«At the same time, through this investment, we continue to provide opportunities for local direct employment, building upon our current team of 1000 WIZZ employees in Italy,» Carey added.
The first Wizz Air center was inaugurated five years ago in Budapest, equipped with three full-flight simulators for the Airbus A320 family of the CAE 7000X series, a fixed simulator, and a training tool for cabin emergency procedures.
These facilities allow Wizz Air to provide initial training for a maximum of 300 cadet pilots simultaneously, as well as train 1,500 flight attendants per year.
In the five years since its inauguration, cadets and experienced pilots participating in recurrent training have completed a total of over 83,000 flight hours, approximately 9 and a half years of flight across three simulators.
