A French simulation company is coming to India

French flight simulator training provider Simaero is set to launch a new pilot training facility with a planned investment of $100 million that will allow it to expand to eight full flight simulators in the coming years.

Equipped with a single Airbus A320 flight simulator, Simaero plans to gradually expand capacity at its training center in Gurugram, with CEO Nicolas Moute saying the company expects to add four to six simulators over the next five years, depending on demand from airline customers in the country and region.

“Our strategy is to have regional hubs. We have (simulator training centers in) Europe, Africa, China. India was identified very early as a very important regional hub for South Asia,” Moute told The Hindu. Simaero has customers in 80 countries and oversees a network of 33 simulators.

It will also explore a presence in two other cities in the future.

Its Indian clients currently include cargo airline Bluedart Aviation and regional carrier Star Air. The company is also exploring a presence in two other cities besides the state capital region.

In addition to pilot training, Simaero’s portfolio includes simulator upgrades and maintenance, as well as “train-the-trainer” programs to help customers develop and certify their own instructor workforce, the company’s CEO said.

“Localization is very important to us. We want to develop India as a center of excellence, where pilot training is one vertical, but we also have simulator engineering, which ensures modernization and relocation of simulators. We want to develop this technological knowledge here through technology transfer,” said the CEO.

Published – 25 Jun 2026 21:06 IST