FlightSafety's Training Programs Certified by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation in Mexico

LaGuardia Airport, New York (April 29, 2010) – FlightSafety International is pleased to announce the certification of its training programs by The Directorate General of Civil Aviation in Mexico.

This certification of FlightSafety as an approved training organization by the DGCA in Mexico includes the agency’s validation of FlightSafety’s Part 142 single certificate issued by the United States Federal Aviation Administration.

“The review by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation in Mexico of FlightSafety’s training and the resulting certification, further demonstrates the quality of our comprehensive programs and commitment to serve and support our Customers in Mexico,” said Scott Fera, Vice President Marketing.

Hector Gonzalez Weeks, Director General of the DGAC, and Miguel Angel Ramirez Lemus, Director of Safety and Civilian Aviation, presented the certificate to Willy Vargas on March 5, 2010. Willy leads a team that serves and supports FlightSafety’s Customers in Mexico, Central America, Venezuela and Peru.

“A growing number of business aviation professionals who fly and maintain fixed wing aircraft and helicopters in Mexico rely on FlightSafety’s comprehensive training programs,” said Willy Vargas. “They appreciate the flexibility and convenience our network of Learning Centers provides and the consistent high quality training and outstanding service they receive at each location.”

FlightSafety provides factory authorized pilot and maintenance training programs for the vast majority of fixed and rotor wing business aircraft manufactured by Bell Helicopter, Bombardier, Cessna, Dassault, Embraer, Hawker Beechcraft, Gulfstream Aerospace, HondaJet, Piaggio and Sikorsky.

FlightSafety International is the world’s premier professional aviation training company and supplier of flight simulators, visual systems and displays to commercial, government and military organizations. The company provides more than a million hours of training each year to pilots, technicians and other aviation professionals from 154 countries and independent territories. FlightSafety operates the world’s largest fleet of advanced full flight simulators at Learning Centers and training locations in the United States, Canada, France, Japan, South Africa and the United Kingdom.