Aeroflot and China Southern airlines purchase flight simulators from CAE

Posted by John McHale

MONTREAL, 30 July 2011. CAE (NYSE: CAE; TSX: CAE) sold four 7000 Series Level D full-flight simulators (FFS) and other training devices to different airlines. An Airbus A320 FFS will go to Aeroflot,; an A320 and a Boeing B737 will to the Zhuhai Flight Training Centre (ZFTC), a joint venture of China Southern Airlines and CAE; and a Bell 412 helicopter FFS will be delivered to an undisclosed operator..The Aeroflot A320 FFS will be delivered to Aeroflot's training center at Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow by the end of this year. The simulator will use a next-generation CAE Tropos visual system and full six-degree-of-freedom CAE True electric motion system. It will be certified to Level D, the highest qualification for flight simulators.The additional FFSs delivered to the Zhuhai Flight Training Centre will bring the total number of simulators installed or committed in the center's two facilities to 19. ZFTC is the largest independent aviation training center in China. The agreement also includes CAE Simfinity integrated procedures trainers (IPTs) and CAE Simfinity Virtual Simulators (VSIMs) for A320 and B737 training. The FFSs, IPTs, and VSIMs will be ready for training next year.The Bell 412 simulator will operate from CAE's training center in Toluca, Mexico when it opens next year.See also:CAE wins Army, Navy, and Air Force simulation contractsVirgin America, China Southern Airlines choose CAE for civil aviation training center developmentAeroflot selects the Thales in-flight entertainment system for its new Boeing 777 aircraft