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Alaska Airlines Venture Fund Invests in Loft Dynamics

Plans call for the airline to purchase virtual reality simulators for pilot training

Loft Dynamics virtual reality flight simulators — With an investment in Loft Dynamics by Alaska Star Ventures, Alaska Airlines will deploy virtual reality flight simulators at its Boeing 737 bases and Seattle training center.

By Matt Thurber • Editor-in-Chief

May 14, 2025

Alaska Airlines will be buying full-motion Boeing 737 virtual reality (VR) flight simulators as a result of an investment by Alaska Star Ventures in Loft Dynamics. Alaska Star Ventures is the airline’s venture capital arm, and the airline will be the first customer for the Swiss company’s line of fixed-wing VR flight simulators, following successful certification of Loft’s VR helicopter trainers.

While Alaska Airlines uses VR devices now, these are for early ground school familiarity of basic flows and procedures, using VR headsets, according to Jeff Severns, managing director of flight operations training at Alaska Airlines. “We see these Loft Dynamics simulators as an enhancement and add-on to that solution, not necessarily a replacement.”

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