HOW WE BUILT OUR TRAINING CENTER.

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HOW WE BUILT OUR TRAINING CENTER.
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Who we are?
IFTC Istanbul is a company of GOZEN GROUP,
supplying ground services to more than 85
companies in the field of representation, fuel,
supervision, brokerage, security, training and
airline for more than 30 years. .
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Key Competitive Advantages

• IFTC Istanbul takes the advantage of being a
  GOZEN GROUP Member both in operational and
  financial terms and a long time JAR-FCL TRTO
  experience comes with its sister company,
  Freebird Airlines

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T
Idea of Starting a Training Center

• Own training needs
• No Training Capacity in the region
• No suitable slot availability when needed
• Istanbul is crossroads for the region

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Planning

• STUDY OF THE TRAINING POTENTIAL
• The Airlines, TRTOs and FTOs in Turkey and the
  region
• Growth Potential in the region
• Aviation Related Trainings
• EXISTING SIMULATOR CAPACITY
• WORK ON THE BUSINESS PLAN

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How we got started
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Established the Company
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• RESEARCHED THE MANUFACTURERS
• DETERMINING THE LOCATION
• FINANCING

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• LOCATION
• ISTANBUL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FREEZONE

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• MANUFACTURER
• We were looking for
• Technology leads to low cost operation
• Easiest Simulators to maintain
• Simulation capability
• Customer support service
• Enviromentally sound with usage of less energy
• Final decision was

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• FINANCING
• Softflight created a financial solution built
  around our needs
• Turn-key green-field solutions up to 100 percent
• Strategic alignment and partnerships
• Risk and reward sharing
• Long-term revenue share programs
• Total Simulator focus
• Expansion support if needed
• Full-service and subcontracting concepts
• Balance sheet optimization and financial
• engineering

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2007

• BUILDING PLANS FINALISED AND THE CONSTRUCTION
  STARTED

• ESTABLISHING IFTC ISTANBUL TEAM

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2008
BUILDING COMPLETED
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2008

• RECEIPT AND CERTIFICATION OF
• FIRST SIMULATOR B-737NG
• JAA LEVEL D

• FIRST CUSTOMERS IN IFTC ISTANBUL

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2008

• RECEIPT AND CERTIFICATION OF
• FIRST SIMULATOR A-320
• JAA LEVEL D

• FIRST AIRBUS CUSTOMERS ARRIVED

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2008

• TWO ADDITIONAL B-737NG AND A-320 ARRIVED AT IFTC
  ISTANBUL
• SECOND B-737NG SIMULATOR CERTIFIED JAA LEVEL C
  IN SEPTEMBER
• SECOND A-320 SCHEDULED FOR CERTIFICATION AS JAA
  LEVEL C IN EARLY DECEMBER

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2008

• FULLY OPERATIONAL WITH FOUR FULL FLIGHT
  SIMULATORS IN MID DECEMBER
• FINAL CONFIGURATION ALLOWING LOWER INVESTMENT
  COSTS AND FLEXIBILITY IN TRAINING CAPACITY

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Contact Information
Head Quarters IFTC Uçus Egitim Hizmetleri ve
Tic. A.S.Istanbul Atatürk Airport Freezone L
Blok No1Yesilköy/ISTANBUL Tel [phone]
00 Fax[phone] E-mail
info_at_iftc.com Web Page www.iftc.aero