Contracts Worth A Combined $52 Million US
CAE announced this week it has
received orders to design and manufacture five full-flight
simulators (FFSs) and associated training devices, in contracts
valued at C$63 million (US$52 million) at list prices.
The contracts are with American Airlines, Air New Zealand,
Suzuyo, and Embraer CAE Training Services. CAE has announced a
total of 23 FFS sales so far in fiscal year 2009.
"By offering the industry's most comprehensive portfolio of
training solutions, CAE is well-positioned to help airlines and
third-party training centers meet their pilot training
requirements," said Marc Parent, CAE's Group President, Simulation
Products and Military Training & Services.
CAE sold a CAE 7000 Series Boeing 737NG (next-generation) FFS
and CAE Simfinity Boeing 737NG Integrated Procedures Trainer (IPT)
to American Airlines. They will be delivered in 2009 to the
American Airlines Flight Academy in Dallas, TX. This is the first
simulator CAE has sold to American Airlines since 2001, and will
become the 20th CAE-built FFS operated by American Airlines and
American Eagle.
Air New Zealand has ordered a Boeing 787 FFS and a Boeing
777-300 FFS. In addition, CAE will provide a suite of CAE Simfinity
training devices for each aircraft type, including IPTs and virtual
simulators (VSIMs). The CAE Simfinity training devices will be used
for both pilot and maintenance training. CAE will deliver the
Boeing 777 FFS to Air New Zealand's training center in Auckland,
New Zealand in 2010. The Boeing 787 FFS and associated training
devices will be delivered the following year.
"CAE's technology and product quality combined with their
responsiveness made CAE the ideal choice for our Boeing 787 and
Boeing 777 training programs," said Jignasha Patel, General Manager
of Group Capability at Air New Zealand. "We are committed to
offering our pilots as well as third-party customers the highest
quality flight training programs and we look forward to a long-term
relationship with CAE as our simulation equipment provider for
these aircraft."
CAE has sold a CAE 7000 Series Embraer 170 FFS and an Embraer
170 Integrated Procedures Trainer (IPT) to Suzuyo for its new
start-up airline, Fuji Dream Airlines (FDA) that will be based in
Shizuoka, Japan. The Embraer 170 FFS and IPT will support pilot and
maintenance training as FDA plans to grow its operations following
the opening of the new Mt. Fuji Shizuoka Airport. The simulation
equipment will be delivered in 2009 to Suzuyo's training center at
the Shizuoka Airport.
CAE and Embraer's training joint venture, Embraer CAE Training
Services (ECTS), has ordered a CAE 5000 Series Phenom 100/300 FFS.
This is the third 5000 Series FFS ordered by ECTS for the Phenom
100 and 300 jets. The initial pilot and technical training programs
for the Phenom 100 recently commenced at CAE's training facility in
Dallas.
ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (04.16.24)
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