IndiGo expands digital flight training with Skywise A320 Virtual Procedure Trainer (VPT)
Indian carrier IndiGo, the largest airline in India and one of the fastest growing carriers in the world, has signed an agreement with Skywise to deploy the A320 Virtual Procedure Trainer (VPT), becoming the first airline worldwide to adopt the VPT abnormal and emergency procedure package. This agreement also establishes IndiGo as the first VPT customer in the South Asia region, marking a major milestone in the airline’s pilot training capabilities.
Completing the digital flight training ecosystem in South Asia
The introduction of the VPT marks the latest step in a long-standing collaboration between IndiGo and Airbus flight training solutions, now transitioned into the Skywise digital portfolio. Back in 2021, IndiGo became the first operator in South Asia to adopt MATe Suite (the Mobile Airbus Training experience), currently utilised by its pilot community of 6,300 flight crew members. Through the integration of both Skywise MATe Suite and VPT, the airline completes its end-to-end digital pilot training ecosystem while maintaining the Airbus OEM pedagogical standards.
A digital bridge between theoretical classroom and flight simulator
The Skywise VPT is an interactive, cloud-based software using Virtual Reality (VR), built specifically to act as an immersive digital bridge between ground-school classroom theory and Full Flight Simulator (FFS) sessions, allowing pilots to learn and practice standard cockpit procedures, flow patterns, and normal checklists before stepping into a real simulator.
IndiGo aims to leverage virtual reality and flat-screen devices for immersive pilot training and to complete their Flight Training ecosystem. Having experienced long-term success with the MATe Suite, IndiGo now chooses to adopt the Skywise VPT, driven by the proven benefits of Airbus OEM’s process-oriented and practical training tools, which stay consistently updated with industry best practices.
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