Bombardier and CAE sign flight training agreement for CRJ Series Family of Aircraft
13 Mayo 2014 - 8:30AM
Marketwired
Bombardier and CAE sign flight training agreement for CRJ Series
Family of Aircraft
CAE appointed Authorized Training Provider for all CRJ aircraft
flight training with eight locations around the world
MONTREAL, CANADA--(Marketwired - May 13, 2014) - RAA Annual
Convention - Bombardier Aerospace announced today that it has
appointed CAE (TSX:CAE)(NYSE:CAE) as its Authorized Training
Provider (ATP) for Bombardier's CRJ family of regional
aircraft that includes the CRJ100/200, CRJ700
NextGen, CRJ900 NextGen and CRJ1000 NextGen
aircraft.
Under the ATP agreement, CAE instructors will deliver
CRJ aircraft flight training courses at locations around
the world. The agreement has already taken effect and Bombardier
and CAE are working closely together to support the training needs
of all Bombardier CRJ Series family aircraft
operators.
"Our commitment to enhancing our training offering to customers
worldwide remains a top priority," said Leon Botteron, General
Manager, Aircraft Training, Bombardier Aerospace. "Working together
with CAE allows our customers to have increased flexibility for
their long-term training requirements around the world with
convenient access to a Bombardier-designed training
experience."
"CAE has proudly served Bombardier operators for over 20 years,"
Nick Leontidis, CAE Group President, Civil Simulation Products,
Training and Services. "Our new appointment as CRJ
Authorized Training Provider will now add even greater flexibility
to Bombardier in serving its customers with worldwide
state-of-the-art training."
CAE operates 10 CRJ aircraft full-flight simulators
(FFSs) in eight cities of its global training network: Charlotte,
Minneapolis, Phoenix, in the U.S; Copenhagen, Denmark; Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia; Madrid, Spain; Toronto and Montréal in
Canada.
In total, Bombardier has recorded firm orders for 1,814
CRJ Series aircraft. Worldwide, CRJ Series
aircraft are in service with more than 60 airlines and more than 30
customers operate corporate variants of the aircraft. The aircraft
are operating in over 50 countries on six continents, and on
average, a CRJ aircraft takes off every 10 seconds
somewhere in the world. CRJ Series aircraft have
transported more than 1.4 billion passengers and have logged more
than 38 million flight hours and over 32 million takeoffs and
landings.
About CAE
CAE is a global leader in providing comprehensive training
solutions based on world-leading simulation technology and
integrated training services. The company employs 8,000 people at
more than 160 sites and training locations in 35 countries. Our
vision is to be our customers' Partner of Choice and we take a
long-term approach to customer relationships. We offer our civil
aviation and defence and security customers a complete range of
highly innovative product, service and training centre solutions
designed to help them meet their mission critical needs for safety,
efficiency and readiness. We provide similar solutions to customers
in healthcare and mining. CAE has the largest installed base of
civil and military flight simulators, supported by a range of
after-sales services, and has been serving the needs of its
customers for nearly 70 years. We have the broadest training
services network in the world and offer civil aviation, military
and helicopter training services in 67 locations worldwide and
train more than 120,000 civil and military crewmembers annually.
www.cae.com
Follow us on Twitter @CAE_Inc.
About Bombardier
Bombardier is the world's only manufacturer of both planes and
trains. Looking far ahead while delivering today, Bombardier is
evolving mobility worldwide by answering the call for more
efficient, sustainable and enjoyable transportation everywhere. Our
vehicles, services and, most of all, our employees are what make us
a global leader in transportation.
Bombardier is headquartered in Montréal, Canada. Our shares are
traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange (BBD) and we are listed on the
Dow Jones Sustainability World and North America Indexes. In the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2013, we posted revenues of $18.2
billion. News and information are available at bombardier.com or
follow us on Twitter @Bombardier.
Notes to Editors
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Bombardier, CRJ, CRJ100, CRJ200, CRJ700, CRJ900, CRJ1000,
NextGen and The Evolution of Mobility are trademarks
of Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries.
Bombardier Contact:Mark MasluchBombardier
Aerospace+1-514-855-7167mark.masluch@aero.bombardier.comwww.bombardier.comCAE
Contacts:Media: Nathalie Bourque, Vice President,Public Affairs and
Global
Communications+1-514-734-5788nathalie.bourque@cae.comInvestor
relations: Andrew Arnovitz, Vice President,Strategy and Investor
Relations+1-514-734-5760andrew.arnovitz@cae.comwww.cae.com
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