Mon, Mar 20, 2006
China's First RJ To Enter Service In 2009
Last week, CAE was awarded a contract to provide the world's
first full-flight simulator for China's upcoming ARJ21 regional jet
being developed by AVIC I Commercial Aircraft Co. (ACAC).
The first aircraft to be entirely designed and built in China,
the ARJ21 regional jet is a 90-seat aircraft that is expected to
enter into service in 2009. Current plans by ACAC call for the
production of 340 ARJ21 jets for China's domestic market, and 160
for the international market by 2026.
"CAE is honored to have been chosen as ACAC's partner for the
ARJ21 project," said Marc Parent, CAE's Group President, Simulation
Products, at the contract signing ceremony. "We feel confident that
CAE's extensive experience in building prototype simulators for new
aircraft as well as our significant presence in China over the last
15 years has prepared us well for this new and exciting
project."
CAE representatives tell Aero-News the company has long been
active in the Chinese market, having first sold a CAE-built
full-flight simulator to China Southern Airlines in 1990. With a
list price value of approximately C$15 million, the contract brings
the total number of full-flight simulators that CAE has sold this
fiscal year to twenty-one.
CAE is a provider of simulation and modelling technologies for
civil aviation and military customers. With annual revenues of
approximately C$1 billion, the company operates in 18 countries
around the world, and has sold nearly 700 simulators and training
devices to airlines, aircraft manufacturers, training centers and
defense forces for air and ground purposes in more than 40
countries.
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