Dragonair is chasing the fast-growing Asia-Pacific aviation training market as its newest flight simulator for medium and long-haul Airbus Industrie jets comes into operation.
According to training centre general manager Felix Hart, the airline has been contacted by several pilot training organisations to initiate a joint-venture set-up similar to Cathay Pacific's arrangement with GE Capital Aviation Training (GECAT).
'People have been speaking to us about that,' said Mr Hart, although he declined to name the companies, or how far the talks had progressed.
Mr Hart said Dragonair had an existing agreement for Airbus to use Dragonair's excess training capacity, supplementing the manufacturer's own centre in Beijing.
The carrier's new Airbus A330/340 simulator came into operation earlier this month after receiving the highest-level D rating from the Civil Aviation Department.
The simulator carries a list price of almost US$13 million, although Dragonair would have have paid significantly less.