CAE Commercial Aviation Training $200 Million in Contracts

By AQT Solutions - October 27, 2016
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Congrats to one of our clients, CAE has announced a series of contracts, including training programs with airlines in North America and Asia, as well as the sale of 12 full flight simulators for airline training worldwide. These agreements are valued at more than C$200 million.

Air Georgia has renewed its pilot training contract with CAE for an additional three years. Under the exclusive agreement, CAE will provide CRJ200 pilot training to more than 140 of the airline’s pilots. Pilots began training in September at the CAE Training Centre in Toronto, Canada.

JEJU AIr, based in Korea, has renewed its pilot training contract with CAE, and the company will continue to provide Boeing 737NG pilot training to support the airline’s training needs.

JetBlue Airways signed a new training equipment contract with CAE for the provision of three Airbus A320 full flight simulators to support the airline’s aircraft growth. The three CAE 7000XR FFSs will be equipped with the CAE Tropos 6000XR visual system, and will be delivered to the JetBlue University in Orlando, Florida starting in Q3 2017.

Lufthansa Flight Training (LFT) has signed a new training equipment contract for the provision of one Airbus A320 full flight simulator. The FFS will be delivered to LFT’s training centre in Frankfurt, Germany and will be ready-for-training in Q1, 2018.

CAE Simulation Training Private Limited (CSTPL) in Greater Noida, NCR Delhi, India, the joint venture between CAE and InterGlobe Enterprises, has ordered one Airbus A320 FFS, which was inaugurated on September 14th. The FFS will be located at the CSTPL 6-bay training center in Greater Noida along with the other four Airbus A320 FFSs currently in operation. The new simulator will be ready-for-training by early Spring 2017.

Embraer CAE Training Services (ECTS), a joint venture between Embraer and CAE, has signed a contract for the provision of one Phenom 100/300 FFS. This will be located at CAE’s training centre in Amsterdam and be ready for training in the first quarter of 2018.

SIMAERO purchased one Embraer E190 FFS from CAE, and will be ready for training in the first half of 2017. The simulator will be located at the Temasek Polytechnic in Singapore.

Source: Halldale Media CAT News; Feature Photo by CAE