Training and Workforce
Swiss Aeromed Operator Adding Level-D Challenger 650 Sim
Swiss rescue flight operator Rega will add Europe's first full-flight simulator for the Bombardier Challenger 650.
Flight deck view of Axis Challenger 650 Level D simulator
Europe's first full-flight simulator for the Bombardier Challenger 650 will go into service in September near Zurich Airport. (Image: Axis Flight Training Systems)

Swiss aeromedical operator Rega has purchased a full-flight simulator to train pilots for its Bombardier Challenger 650 fleet. Furnished by Austria-based Axis Flight Training Systems, this will mark the first level- D simulator for the type in Europe.

“We operate three of these aircraft and each year fly around 1,000 people back home to Switzerland in them for a total of some 4,800 annual flight hours,” said Urs Baltisberger, a Rega pilot and head of crew training, adding that usage makes the charitable foundation among the world’s top operators of the aircraft. Twice a year, Rega’s 27 jet pilots must undergo mandated simulator training and are therefore required to travel across the Atlantic to Montreal for the closest Challenger 650 simulator.

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